More or Less: Behind the Stats

BBC

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.

Episodes

Are French school protesters right to say education is underfunded?

Europe's witch trials: The numbers behind the myth

Terence Tao: Maths ‘the canary in the coal mine’ on AI

Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres stop disinformation bots?

Fact-check: Will Scottish pensioners really be funding English social care?

Fact-check: Is China missing a billion people?

Is the UK state pension really the lowest in Europe?

The Uzbekistan-shaped hole in an influential climate cost paper

Does the UK really have nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe?

Trump fact-check: Do the US and Venezuela have 60% of the world’s oil?

Has the UK’s productivity puzzle been solved?

Are carrots becoming less nutritious?

Are bad teeth the number one reason kids go to A&E?

Could this be the strongest El Niño in 1,000 Years?

Why are so many ex-prisoners being sent back to prison?

Is every card shuffle unique?

Bonus podcast: Norman Numbers

Do Germans really take 19.5 days of sick leave per year?

How much of the world isn’t owned by anyone?

14 million deaths or zero deaths? The impact of the USAID cuts