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  1. The Story of Economics 'Gods'

    More or Less creator Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to why...

  2. The Story of Economics 'Cogs'

    'More or Less' creator Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like of...

  3. The Stats of the Nation: The Economy

    Tim Harford explores the numbers that help explain the state of the UK economy

  4. The Stats of the Nation: Sex, drugs and empty homes

    Tim Harford explores the numbers that help explain fertility, pharmaceuticals and crime

  5. The Stats of the Nation: Older people, education, prisons and the weather

    Tim Harford explores the stats on pensioners, exams, justice and climate change

  6. The Stats of the Nation: Immigration, benefits and inequality

    Tim Harford explores the stats on some of the UK’s most potent political debates

  7. The Stats of the Nation: Health

    Tim Harford explores the numbers that help explain the state of health and the NHS

  8. The spread of fact-checking in Africa

    With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?

  9. The Simpsons and maths

    We explore the maths secrets of The Simpsons on their 30th anniversary.

  10. The shocking world of US health costs

    Can the same pill cost $3 in a pharmacy and $750 in a hospital?

  11. The Seaspiracy “virtually empty ocean” claim

    Why it’s unlikely our oceans will be virtually empty by 2048.

  12. The Risk

    Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter puts the risks of Covid-19 into perspective.

  13. The Rise of Delta

    Where’s this new Variant spreading and what can be done to stop it?

  14. The Referendum by Numbers: Trade

    Tim Harford asks if the UK would be better off in or out of the EU when it comes to trade

  15. 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?

  16. The Referendum by Numbers: Regulation

    Tim Harford on how much red tape from the EU costs and what might happen if the UK leaves

  17. The Referendum by Numbers: Law

    Tim Harford looks at how much of Britain's law comes from the EU.

  18. The Referendum by Numbers: Immigration

    Tim Harford on costs and benefits of EU migrants and what might happen if Britain left.

  19. The Rapid Test Row

    The huge row among scientists about rapid coronavirus tests.

  20. The puzzles you’re meant to get wrong

    Alex Bellos sets Tim Harford logical conundrums designed to deceive

  21. The psychological economics of gift giving

    How to buy gifts people actually want.

  22. The prize-winning economics of migration and the minimum wage

    A look at the work of this year’s winners of the most prestigious prize in economics.

  23. The prime minister in statistical bother

    Boris Johnson has been ticked off for misleading Parliament on jobs and on crime.

  24. The pioneers of proof

    Professor Adam Kucharski on his new book, Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty

  25. The Piketty Affair

    Did 'rock-star' French economist Thomas Piketty get his numbers wrong? His theories of...

  26. The Pentagon Leaks and Fox News

    Why did Tucker Carlson say far more Ukrainian troops than Russian are dying in the war?

  27. The Parable of the Ox

    What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and We...

  28. The Parable of the Ox

    What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and We...

  29. The Overlooked Mathematicians of History

    Exploring the global history of mathematics

  30. The origins of Covid

    How similar are the Covid strains?

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