麻豆约拍

15/04/2011

Tim Harford and the team on tuition fees and drugs testing.

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22/04/2011

Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.

• 30 mins

29/04/2011

A cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, and AV explained.

• 30 mins

08/05/2011

More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's left hook.

• 30 mins

13/05/2011

Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.

• 30 mins

05/08/2011

Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news.

• 30 mins

12/08/2011

Riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.

• 30 mins

19/08/2011

Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.

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26/08/2011

Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?

• 30 mins

02/09/2011

Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.

• 30 mins

09/09/2011

This edition features zombie statistics, the Olympics and the maths of spying.

• 30 mins

02/12/2011

Tim Harford on public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, and affordable housing.

• 30 mins

09/12/2011

The maths of supermarket price wars and odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row.

• 30 mins

16/12/2011

Higgs boson statistics; how to corner a market; and Fibonacci's medieval mathematics.

• 30 mins

Who are the 1% and who are the 99%?

Tim Harford discusses income inequality and discovers the maths in magic.

• 30 mins

30/12/2011

A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.

• 30 mins

Using statistics in court

Tim Harford looks at numbers in the news and in life, including statistics in court.

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High Speed 2 and Executive Pay

Tim Harford looks at high speed rail and executive pay.

• 30 mins

How many species are going extinct?

The height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of species extinction.

• 30 mins

The formula that changed the world

The drought in numbers, the formula that changed the world, and tall Tories.

• 24 mins

A grand economic experiment?

Austerity, border queues and bank holidays. With Tim Harford.

• 25 mins

Are CEOs worth it?

Executive pay, chess and trouble on the Greek railway.

• 25 mins

Are 120,000 families responsible for a disproportionate share of society's ills?

Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.

• 25 mins

Would firing staff 'at will' boost the economy?

The Beecroft Review, infidelity, Ben Goldacre and the truth about hard-working Greeks.

• 25 mins

Who are the Libor losers?

How much damage did messing with Libor actually do to the financial system?

• 30 mins

The Tour de France and the statistics of cheating

Can maths prove whether the Tour de France has successfully clamped down on drugs?

• 30 mins

Levelling the playing field

Which countries punch above and below their weight at the Olympics? With Tim Harford.

• 30 mins

How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?

Ye Shiwen's statistics, what's happening to homelessness, and TV's murder capital.

• 30 mins

How to lose money, fast

High-frequency trading, Trumptonomics and more medalling with the Olympics.

• 30 mins

The great playing field sell off?

How many school playing fields have really been sold off? Presented by Tim Harford.

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