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Celebrity Deaths
Have more famous people died this year than usual?
Brexit Numbers
Do the Treasury's Brexit numbers add up?
EU Migration
What will happen to migration if the UK leaves the EU?
The Most Profitable Product in History
The most profitable product in history. Can the iPhone claim this accolade?
The Referendum by Numbers
The Cost of EU Membership
Tim Harford asks how much would be saved and what would be lost if Britain left the EU.
Immigration
Tim Harford on the costs and benefits of EU migrants and what might happen if Britain left
Law
Tim Harford looks at how much of Britain's law comes from the EU.
Regulation
Tim Harford on how much red tape from the EU costs and what might happen if the UK leaves.
The Referendum by Numbers - Omnibus: Part 1
Tim Harford fact-checks the vital statistics from the EU referendum debate.
The Referendum by Numbers - Omnibus: Part 2
The Supermarket Effect
Tim Harford returns with Brexit, Trumpton, the Antiques Roadshow and some good news.
Plastic Bags
Has a 5p charge caused a drop in the use of carrier bags?
Grammar Schools
Do selective schools improve grades and improve social mobility?
Counting Terror Deaths
Is 2016 an unusually deadly year for terrorism?
Gender Pay Gap
Making sense of the difference between men's and women's pay.
Irish Passports
Do one in four Brits claim Irish ancestry?
Trump tells the Truth
How the presidential hopeful has used statistics
US election, stray cats and puzzles
Who voted in the US elections? Plus are there nine million stray cats in the UK?
Is dementia the number one killer?
Is dementia on the rise? Plus immigration, incomplete contacts and chocolate muffins
Pensioners aren't poor anymore
High-rolling pensioners, predicting norovirus, finding friends, and air pollution.
Are you related to Edward III…and Danny Dyer?
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.
How wrong were the Brexit forecasts?
The economic doom that never was; childhood cancer figures and Ed Balls
Have more famous people died this year?
Notable deaths, Rule Britannia and creating your own Christmas speech
Christmas Quiz
Tim Harford poses a tough statistical challenge.
Economics of Overbooking
Why airlines take a bet that you won't show for your flight.
Living standards and Kate Bush maths
Are people's incomes falling? Plus singing Pi like Kate Bush.
Fact-checking Boris Johnson
Giant bombs, a war hero and the foreign secretary's stats.
Is Crime Rising?
It looks like homicides are on the rise - but better check the footnotes.
Nurses' pay, Scottish seats, Penalty shootouts
Are nurses paid more than the national average? We take a look.
Tax, speed dating and sea ice
Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.
Spies, care homes, and ending sneak peeks
Monitoring threats, chances of needing care plus who sees official stats first.