http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshdTim Harford investigates numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? Tim and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. A half-hour programme broadcast at 1600 on Friday afternoons and repeated at 2000 on Sundays on Radio 4. BBC World Service broadcasts a short edition over the weekend.Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? Tim and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. A half-hour programme broadcast at 1600 on Friday afternoons and repeated at 2000 on Sundays on Radio 4. BBC World Service broadcasts a short edition over the weekend.BBC Radio 4BBCpodcast.support@bbc.co.uken-gb720http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/assets/artwork/266/moreorless.jpghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd(C) BBC 2012Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:19 +0000The undercover economist, Andrew DilnotThe undercover economist, Andrew DilnotnononadultTim Harford investigates one of the most popular questions from More or Less listeners: “Are there more people alive today than have ever lived?” It is a zombie statistic that every time it is laid to rest it rises again. He also looks at whether science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke was right when he suggested that behind every living person are 30 ghosts. He also investigates the strange story of Michelle Obama’s shopping trip to a lingerie store in New York. Can she really have spent $50,000 on underwear? This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.Tim Harford investigates one of the most popular questions from More or Less listeners: “Are there more people alive today than have ever lived?” It is a zombie statistic that every time it is laid to rest it rises again. He also looks at whether...Tim Harford investigates one of the most popular questions from More or Less listeners: “Are there more people alive today than have ever lived?” It is a zombie statistic that every time it is laid to rest it rises again. He also looks at whether science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke was right when he suggested that behind every living person are 30 ghosts. He also investigates the strange story of Michelle Obama’s shopping trip to a lingerie store in New York. Can she really have spent $50,000 on underwear? This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:50:00 +00009:22http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120203-2350.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120203-2350a.mp3BBC Radio 4Which are the world’s biggest cities, and what are their populations? Two simple questions that we discover are surprisingly difficult to answer. Plus, has the world got heavier or lighter since the industrial revolution? It’s a question posed by a More or Less listener that got us wondering, too. Dr Chris Smith, part of a group of Cambridge University researchers, known as the Naked Scientists, reckons he’s worked out the answer. This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.Which are the world’s biggest cities, and what are their populations? Two simple questions that we discover are surprisingly difficult to answer. Plus, has the world got heavier or lighter since the industrial revolution? It’s a question posed by a...Which are the world’s biggest cities, and what are their populations? Two simple questions that we discover are surprisingly difficult to answer. Plus, has the world got heavier or lighter since the industrial revolution? It’s a question posed by a More or Less listener that got us wondering, too. Dr Chris Smith, part of a group of Cambridge University researchers, known as the Naked Scientists, reckons he’s worked out the answer. This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:50:00 +000010:02http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120127-2350.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120127-2350a.mp3BBC Radio 4A four-year bet about global warming between two scientists is settled. In 2008, after there had been no new record for the global average temperature set since 1998, David Whitehouse and James Annan disagreed over whether there would be a new record by 2011. As the UK Meteorological Office publishes the figures for the past year, presenter Tim Harford brings the two scientists together. Who has won, and does the victory tell us anything about global warming? Plus, Peter Stott from the Met Office tells us how the world’s temperature is measured. Also in the programme: sports statistician Robert Mastrodomenico attempts to predict the results of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament. Will his numerical analysis impress the BBC’s African football expert Farayi Mungazi? This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.A four-year bet about global warming between two scientists is settled. In 2008, after there had been no new record for the global average temperature set since 1998, David Whitehouse and James Annan disagreed over whether there would be a new record...A four-year bet about global warming between two scientists is settled. In 2008, after there had been no new record for the global average temperature set since 1998, David Whitehouse and James Annan disagreed over whether there would be a new record by 2011. As the UK Meteorological Office publishes the figures for the past year, presenter Tim Harford brings the two scientists together. Who has won, and does the victory tell us anything about global warming? Plus, Peter Stott from the Met Office tells us how the world’s temperature is measured. Also in the programme: sports statistician Robert Mastrodomenico attempts to predict the results of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament. Will his numerical analysis impress the BBC’s African football expert Farayi Mungazi? This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:50:00 +00009:55http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120120-2350.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120120-2350a.mp3BBC Radio 4President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela thinks the US may have developed a secret technology to give him and other Latin American leaders cancer. He said the fact that several presidents have had cancer is "difficult to explain using the law of probabilities". Is he right? Tim Harford speaks to Dr Eduardo Cazap, president of the Union of International Cancer Control. Plus, it is often said that there are more Malawian doctors in the British city of Manchester than there are in Malawi. Can this be true? And if professionals emigrate is it always bad news for the country they leave? The programme hears from John Lwanda, a Malawian doctor based in the UK; and Robert Guest, author of "Borderless Economics". This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela thinks the US may have developed a secret technology to give him and other Latin American leaders cancer. He said the fact that several presidents have had cancer is "difficult to explain using the law of...President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela thinks the US may have developed a secret technology to give him and other Latin American leaders cancer. He said the fact that several presidents have had cancer is "difficult to explain using the law of probabilities". Is he right? Tim Harford speaks to Dr Eduardo Cazap, president of the Union of International Cancer Control. Plus, it is often said that there are more Malawian doctors in the British city of Manchester than there are in Malawi. Can this be true? And if professionals emigrate is it always bad news for the country they leave? The programme hears from John Lwanda, a Malawian doctor based in the UK; and Robert Guest, author of "Borderless Economics". This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +00009:15http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120114-1200.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120114-1200a.mp3BBC Radio 4High Speed rail - Tim Harford speaks to railway consultant Chris Stokes and Alison Munro from HS2 Ltd. He investigates the different measures of the rise in executive pay with Steve Tatton from Income Data Services and Sarah Wilson from research group Manifest. And resolves a four year-old bet on climate change between climate scientist James Annan and astrophysicist David Whitehouse and Wesley Stephenson looks behind the figures for youth unemployment in Spain.High Speed rail - Tim Harford speaks to railway consultant Chris Stokes and Alison Munro from HS2 Ltd. He investigates the different measures of the rise in executive pay with Steve Tatton from Income Data Services and Sarah Wilson from research group...High Speed rail - Tim Harford speaks to railway consultant Chris Stokes and Alison Munro from HS2 Ltd. He investigates the different measures of the rise in executive pay with Steve Tatton from Income Data Services and Sarah Wilson from research group Manifest. And resolves a four year-old bet on climate change between climate scientist James Annan and astrophysicist David Whitehouse and Wesley Stephenson looks behind the figures for youth unemployment in Spain.Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +000028:19http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120113-1645.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120113-1645a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford tackles the use of statistics in court, the average rise in rail fares, infinity and resolves another marital dispute about probability.Tim Harford tackles the use of statistics in court, the average rise in rail fares, infinity and resolves another marital dispute about probability....Tim Harford tackles the use of statistics in court, the average rise in rail fares, infinity and resolves another marital dispute about probability.Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +000027:56http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120106-1645.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20120106-1645b.mp3BBC Radio 4A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year. Plus, does probability really exist? Contributors: David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University; Owen Spottiswoode, Fullfact.org; Tracey Brown from Sense about Science; Jil Matheson, UK Statistics Authority; George Monbiot; Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust; Money Box presenter Paul Lewis; Sports Statistician, Robert Mastrodomenico; Dr Linda Yeuh Economics Correspondent at Bloomberg; Stand up Mathematician Matt ParkerA guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year. Plus, does probability really exist? Contributors: David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University; Owen Spottiswoode,...A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year. Plus, does probability really exist? Contributors: David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University; Owen Spottiswoode, Fullfact.org; Tracey Brown from Sense about Science; Jil Matheson, UK Statistics Authority; George Monbiot; Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust; Money Box presenter Paul Lewis; Sports Statistician, Robert Mastrodomenico; Dr Linda Yeuh Economics Correspondent at Bloomberg; Stand up Mathematician Matt ParkerFri, 30 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +000028:12http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111230-1645.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111230-1645a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir Tony Atkinson of Oxford University; Stewart Lansley, author of 'The Cost of Inequality'; and Professor Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University. Also, David Spiegelhalter, the Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University explains why he took on what could be his riskiest venture to date - appearing on BBC One's Winter Wipeout. Plus, the magic of maths with magician and Stanford maths professor Persi Diaconis.Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir Tony Atkinson of Oxford University; Stewart Lansley, author of 'The Cost of Inequality'; and Professor Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University. Also, David...Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir Tony Atkinson of Oxford University; Stewart Lansley, author of 'The Cost of Inequality'; and Professor Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University. Also, David Spiegelhalter, the Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University explains why he took on what could be his riskiest venture to date - appearing on BBC One's Winter Wipeout. Plus, the magic of maths with magician and Stanford maths professor Persi Diaconis.Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +000030:14http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111223-1645.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111223-1645a.mp3BBC Radio 4In the week scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced that the most coveted prize in particle physics - the Higgs boson - may have been found, Tim Harford hears that the statistical significance is being mis-reported. Plus, the difficulties of cornering a market (especially when the commodity is a 1980s plastic doll). And, Tim Harford talks to author Keith Devlin about how Fibonacci revolutionised trade by introducing medieval businessmen to simple arithmetic.In the week scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced that the most coveted prize in particle physics - the Higgs boson - may have been found, Tim Harford hears that the statistical significance is being mis-reported. Plus, the difficulties of...In the week scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced that the most coveted prize in particle physics - the Higgs boson - may have been found, Tim Harford hears that the statistical significance is being mis-reported. Plus, the difficulties of cornering a market (especially when the commodity is a 1980s plastic doll). And, Tim Harford talks to author Keith Devlin about how Fibonacci revolutionised trade by introducing medieval businessmen to simple arithmetic.Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +000029:20http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111216-1645.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111216-1645a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford on National Literacy Trust figures and the maths of supermarket price wars. Plus, he continues to scrutinise the popular statistics of the Eurozone crisis - do Italian tax payers really shell out 2 billion euros a year for their politicians to be chauffeured around? And, what are the odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row?Tim Harford on National Literacy Trust figures and the maths of supermarket price wars. Plus, he continues to scrutinise the popular statistics of the Eurozone crisis - do Italian tax payers really shell out 2 billion euros a year for their...Tim Harford on National Literacy Trust figures and the maths of supermarket price wars. Plus, he continues to scrutinise the popular statistics of the Eurozone crisis - do Italian tax payers really shell out 2 billion euros a year for their politicians to be chauffeured around? And, what are the odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row?Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:45:00 +000029:28http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111209-1645.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111209-1645b.mp3BBC Radio 4In the week of a nationwide strike over pension changes, Tim Harford explains how the government can make public sector pensions sound generous, at the same time the unions can make them sound small. And he finds out why a Greek national statistician is under suspicion of committing crimes against numbers. Plus, is it really true that there are more Porsche Cayenne owners than tax payers declaring an income of more than 55,000 euros in Greece? Also, are affordable homes affordable? And can the whole world fit on the Isle of Wight? Tim tries to cram his studio full of Radio 4 presenters and producers to test the theory.In the week of a nationwide strike over pension changes, Tim Harford explains how the government can make public sector pensions sound generous, at the same time the unions can make them sound small. And he finds out why a Greek national statistician...In the week of a nationwide strike over pension changes, Tim Harford explains how the government can make public sector pensions sound generous, at the same time the unions can make them sound small. And he finds out why a Greek national statistician is under suspicion of committing crimes against numbers. Plus, is it really true that there are more Porsche Cayenne owners than tax payers declaring an income of more than 55,000 euros in Greece? Also, are affordable homes affordable? And can the whole world fit on the Isle of Wight? Tim tries to cram his studio full of Radio 4 presenters and producers to test the theory.Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:05:00 +000028:46http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111202-1605.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111202-1605a.mp3BBC Radio 4In a change to our usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. The former Number 10 strategy head looks at politics and mind control, asking if new knowledge about the human brain will allow us to make better choices or leave us open to ever more manipulation . In a change to our usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. The former Number 10 strategy head looks at politics and mind control, asking if new knowledge about the human brain will allow us to make better choices or...In a change to our usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. The former Number 10 strategy head looks at politics and mind control, asking if new knowledge about the human brain will allow us to make better choices or leave us open to ever more manipulation . Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:15:00 +000028:32http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111129-1615.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111129-1615a.mp3BBC Radio 4In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain Culture” continues. The former Number 10 head of strategy asks whether Britain’s education system will be changed by new insights into how human brains learn and retain knowledge.In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain Culture” continues. The former Number 10 head of strategy asks whether Britain’s education system will be changed by new...In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain Culture” continues. The former Number 10 head of strategy asks whether Britain’s education system will be changed by new insights into how human brains learn and retain knowledge.Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:15:00 +000028:21http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111122-1615.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111122-1615a.mp3BBC Radio 4In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain Culture”. He explores how neuroscience will change society, asking how the justice system will change now that we can scan criminal brains.In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain Culture”. He explores how neuroscience will change society, asking how the justice system will change now that we can scan criminal brains....In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain Culture”. He explores how neuroscience will change society, asking how the justice system will change now that we can scan criminal brains.Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:14:00 +000028:27http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111115-1614.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20111115-1614a.mp3BBC Radio 4In More or Less this week: Government waste, a logic puzzle, the statistics of spying, Olympic economics and the Janitor problem.In More or Less this week: Government waste, a logic puzzle, the statistics of spying, Olympic economics and the Janitor problem....In More or Less this week: Government waste, a logic puzzle, the statistics of spying, Olympic economics and the Janitor problem.Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +010027:36http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110909-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110909-1400b.mp3BBC Radio 4In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys....In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +010027:52http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110902-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110902-1400a.mp3BBC Radio 4On this week's More or Less: Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?On this week's More or Less: Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?...On this week's More or Less: Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:31:00 +010027:58http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110826-1331.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110826-1331a.mp3BBC Radio 4More or Less has the latest on salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.More or Less has the latest on salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children....More or Less has the latest on salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:32:00 +010027:56http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110819-1332.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110819-1332a.mp3BBC Radio 4In More or Less this week: riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.In More or Less this week: riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket....In More or Less this week: riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:33:00 +010027:55http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110812-1333.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110812-1333a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news. This week: US debt, NHS funding and the "27 club".Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news. This week: US debt, NHS funding and the "27 club"....Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news. This week: US debt, NHS funding and the "27 club".Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:31:00 +010027:57http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110805-1331.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110805-1331a.mp3BBC Radio 4Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'....Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.Fri, 13 May 2011 13:33:00 +010028:07http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110513-1333.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110513-1333a.mp3BBC Radio 4More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest moment.More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest moment....More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest moment.Sat, 07 May 2011 11:43:00 +010027:55http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110507-1143.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110507-1143b.mp3BBC Radio 4In More or Less this week: a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers. And AV explained.In More or Less this week: a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers. And AV explained....In More or Less this week: a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers. And AV explained.Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:02:00 +010027:53http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110429-1402.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110429-1402b.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'....Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:32:00 +010028:04http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110422-1332.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110422-1332a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford and the team examine examine tuition fees, drugs testing and inflation.Tim Harford and the team examine examine tuition fees, drugs testing and inflation....Tim Harford and the team examine examine tuition fees, drugs testing and inflation.Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:30:00 +010028:03http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110415-1330.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110415-1330a.mp3BBC Radio 4In More or Less this week: youth unemployment, Trumpton and social mobility.In More or Less this week: youth unemployment, Trumpton and social mobility....In More or Less this week: youth unemployment, Trumpton and social mobility.Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:32:00 +010027:51http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110408-1332.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110408-1332a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news. Are the cuts "small"? And we introduce "The Other Census".Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news. Are the cuts "small"? And we introduce "The Other Census"....Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news. Are the cuts "small"? And we introduce "The Other Census".Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +010027:50http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110401-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110401-1400a.mp3BBC Radio 4In this three-part series Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the third and final programme, 'Monsters', Michael investigates another view of economics: that it is the story of people, how they think and behave.In this three-part series Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the third and final programme, 'Monsters', Michael investigates another view of...In this three-part series Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the third and final programme, 'Monsters', Michael investigates another view of economics: that it is the story of people, how they think and behave.Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +010028:10http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110330-1700.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110330-1700c.mp3BBC Radio 4'More or Less' creator Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of the economy in the second part of 'The Story of Economics'.'More or Less' creator Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of the economy in the second part of 'The Story of Economics'....'More or Less' creator Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of the economy in the second part of 'The Story of Economics'.Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:30:00 +000028:07http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110323-1630.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110323-1630a.mp3BBC Radio 4More or Less creator Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the first programme of a three part series, Michael travels to Athens and the site of Aristotle's Lyceum - where economics as a discipline began.More or Less creator Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the first programme of a three part series, Michael travels to Athens and the site of...More or Less creator Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the first programme of a three part series, Michael travels to Athens and the site of Aristotle's Lyceum - where economics as a discipline began.Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:32:00 +000028:14http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110316-1632.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110316-1632a.mp3BBC Radio 4The Government says Britain's health care standards have fallen behind those of our European neighbours. And World Health Organisation figures support his claim. But do those numbers tell the whole story?The Government says Britain's health care standards have fallen behind those of our European neighbours. And World Health Organisation figures support his claim. But do those numbers tell the whole story?...The Government says Britain's health care standards have fallen behind those of our European neighbours. And World Health Organisation figures support his claim. But do those numbers tell the whole story?Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +000027:55http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110121-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110121-1400a.mp3BBC Radio 4We look at street grooming, examine the new bank taxes, revisit Ambridge in the wake of Loxleygate and ask just how many guys there are named Mo(hammed).We look at street grooming, examine the new bank taxes, revisit Ambridge in the wake of Loxleygate and ask just how many guys there are named Mo(hammed)....We look at street grooming, examine the new bank taxes, revisit Ambridge in the wake of Loxleygate and ask just how many guys there are named Mo(hammed).Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +000027:51http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110114-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110114-1400b.mp3BBC Radio 4More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT, exposes some seriously sloppy reporting and - finally - reveals the truth about Jack the "psychic" monkey.More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT, exposes some seriously sloppy reporting and - finally - reveals the truth about Jack the "psychic" monkey....More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT, exposes some seriously sloppy reporting and - finally - reveals the truth about Jack the "psychic" monkey.Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +000027:41http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110107-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20110107-1400a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Happy New Year to all our listeners.Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Happy New Year to all our listeners....Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Happy New Year to all our listeners.Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:00:00 +000027:55http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101231-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101231-1400a.mp3BBC Radio 4Boom. Bust. Bah humbug. Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol' in which British Bank plc boss Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of banking past, present and future. Will he heed their warnings?Boom. Bust. Bah humbug. Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol' in which British Bank plc boss Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of banking past, present and future. Will he heed their warnings?...Boom. Bust. Bah humbug. Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol' in which British Bank plc boss Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of banking past, present and future. Will he heed their warnings?Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:00:00 +000027:32http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101224-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101224-1400a.mp3BBC Radio 4Local government budgets are being cut. More or Less looks at how the pie is sliced and finds everything depends on Wokingham (yes, really). Plus: we take a look at inflation and consult the magic More or Less monkey.Local government budgets are being cut. More or Less looks at how the pie is sliced and finds everything depends on Wokingham (yes, really). Plus: we take a look at inflation and consult the magic More or Less monkey....Local government budgets are being cut. More or Less looks at how the pie is sliced and finds everything depends on Wokingham (yes, really). Plus: we take a look at inflation and consult the magic More or Less monkey.Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:00:00 +000028:40http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101217-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101217-1400b.mp3BBC Radio 4We look at the numbers behind the increase in the cap on undergraduate tuition fees in England. Are the changes fair and progressive? Are they dropping future students into a deep hole of debt? Or are they both?We look at the numbers behind the increase in the cap on undergraduate tuition fees in England. Are the changes fair and progressive? Are they dropping future students into a deep hole of debt? Or are they both?...We look at the numbers behind the increase in the cap on undergraduate tuition fees in England. Are the changes fair and progressive? Are they dropping future students into a deep hole of debt? Or are they both?Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:28:00 +000027:55http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101210-1528.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101210-1528a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine the micromort measure of risk and official statistics on sexual identity.Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine the micromort measure of risk and official statistics on sexual identity....Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine the micromort measure of risk and official statistics on sexual identity.Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:35:00 +010027:35http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101001-1335.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20101001-1335a.mp3BBC Radio 4Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. This week: Claiming benefits has been described by the Chancellor as - for some - a "lifestyle choice". What does the evidence tell us about how incentives work in the welfare system?; The numbers of some of Britain's best-loved birds are declining. Fast. Many think cats are to blame. Are they right?; Why the Prime Minister's salary has become a convenient unit of measurement; And we bring you the results of our mathematical attempt to level the playing field at this year's Great North Run half marathon.Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. This week: Claiming benefits has been described by the Chancellor as - for some - a "lifestyle choice". What does the evidence tell us about how incentives work in the welfare...Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. This week: Claiming benefits has been described by the Chancellor as - for some - a "lifestyle choice". What does the evidence tell us about how incentives work in the welfare system?; The numbers of some of Britain's best-loved birds are declining. Fast. Many think cats are to blame. Are they right?; Why the Prime Minister's salary has become a convenient unit of measurement; And we bring you the results of our mathematical attempt to level the playing field at this year's Great North Run half marathon.Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:35:00 +010027:59http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100924-1335.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100924-1335a.mp3BBC Radio 4Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?...Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +010027:33http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100917-1400.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100917-1400a.mp3BBC Radio 4More or Less looks at how maths is taught in schools today and it asks what the population of the world be if WWI had never happened.More or Less looks at how maths is taught in schools today and it asks what the population of the world be if WWI had never happened....More or Less looks at how maths is taught in schools today and it asks what the population of the world be if WWI had never happened.Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:40:00 +010028:01http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100910-1340.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100910-1340a.mp3BBC Radio 4How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And, what can maths tell us about guerilla insurgencies?How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And, what can maths tell us about guerilla insurgencies?...How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And, what can maths tell us about guerilla insurgencies?Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:48:00 +010027:50http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100903-1248.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/moreorless/moreorless_20100903-1248a.mp3BBC Radio 4