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    WS More or Less: Real Lives Behind the Numbers

    How individuals manage their money - the personal stories behind economic data.

  2. WS More or Less: Puerto Rico - statistics versus politics

    Why some fear the statistics authority is about to lose its independence

  3. WS More or Less: Predicting Olympic Medals

    What makes a country successful at winning gold, silver and bronze?

  4. WS More or Less: Peaty v. Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?

    Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming.

  5. WS More or Less: Paul Romer and William Nordhaus’ Big Ideas

    The economists tackling climate change and growth.

  6. WS More or Less: Odd Socks and Algorithms

    How can the techniques of computer science help us in everyday life?

  7. WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2

    Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.

  8. WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2

    Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.

  9. WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 1

    The numbers that made 2018.

  10. WS More or Less: Novelists in numbers

    Counting the favourite words of well-known authors: Stephen King, Hemingway and others

  11. WS More or Less: Most Expensive Building

    How much to build The Great Pyramid, a nuclear power station, or an airport?

  12. WS More or Less: More Horses than Tanks?

    Is the UK the only country with more horses than tanks in its army?

  13. WS More or Less: Mission Impossible - Quantifiying Santa

    What to look out for on Christmas Eve.

  14. WS More or Less: Menstrual Syncing

    Do women’s periods start to synchronise if they spend time together?

  15. WS More or Less: Liberia’s Rape Statistic Debunked

    Is the claim that three out of four women were raped during Liberia's civil war true?

  16. WS More or Less: Leicester City football fluke?

    The statistics behind the English Premier League’s surprise winners

  17. WS More or Less: Kilobyte to Brontobyte

    Naming the monster numbers - how the names of digital storage files evolved.

  18. WS More or Less: Just how rare is a hole-in-one?

    Why it isn’t as simple to work out as you think.

  19. WS More or Less: Just how lucky are regular lottery winners?

    Are some people just very lucky? The maths suggest that is unlikely.

  20. WS More or Less: Japan’s 99% Conviction Rate

    Quantifying justice in Japan with Tim Harford.

  21. WS More or Less: James Comey - Basketball Superstar?

    Does being very tall improve your chances of becoming a professional basketball player?

  22. WS More or Less: Is Suicide Seasonal?

    Tim Harford asks which times of the year are riskiest for suicide.

  23. WS More or Less: Is my Baby a Giant?

    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

  24. WS More or Less: Is democracy failing in America?

    Does North Carolina really rank alongside North Korea if you measure electoral integrity

  25. WS More or Less: Is China On Track to End Poverty by 2020?

    We investigate whether the Chinese government can really achieve its extraordinary pledge

  26. WS More or Less: Ireland’s Shock GDP figures

    Does Ireland have the fastest growing economy in the world?

  27. WS More or Less: Ice Cream versus aid

    Does the world really spend three times as much on ice cream than on humanitarian aid?

  28. WS More or Less: How to measure a Hurricane

    What’s the best way to measure a hurricane?

  29. WS More or Less: How Should We Think About Spending?

    Tim Harford talks to economist Dan Ariely about the psychology of money.

  30. WS More or Less: How Rich was Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy?

    What the Pride and Prejudice character would have earned in today’s money.

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