How long does it take to turn around an oil tanker?
Plus migrants v pensioners, Ed Milibandβs energy auction claim, and is one divided by zero infinity?
Do illegal migrants receive more in benefits than pensioners?
Was Energy Secretary Ed Miliband right to celebrate a βrecord breakingβ renewable energy auction?
Is one divided by zero infinity?
Why donβt we spend more on evidence that government spending works?
And how long does it actually take to turn around an oil tanker?
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Reporter: Charlotte McDonald
Producers: Natasha Fernandes, Bethan Ashmead-Latham and Nathan Gower
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound mix: Gareth Jones
Editor: Richard Vadon
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