More or Less: Behind the Stats

More or Less: Behind the Stats

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4

Latest Episode

Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea? (18.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Are millions of people getting Motability cars for anxiety and ADHD? 15.10.2025
  • Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign? 11.10.2025
  • Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax? 08.10.2025
  • Is the world getting less miserable? 04.10.2025
  • Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars? 01.10.2025
  • The Case of the Missing US Data 27.09.2025
  • Was it easier to deport migrants to France before Brexit? 24.09.2025
  • Is JD Vance right about left-wing violence? 20.09.2025
  • Is it true that out-of-work benefits have almost doubled? 17.09.2025
  • Will the world really be 50 million workers short by 2030? 13.09.2025
  • Are Afghan nationals more likely to be convicted of sexual offences? 11.09.2025
  • Do 11,000 sharks die every hour? 06.09.2025
  • Are self-driving cars safer than cars with drivers? 30.08.2025
  • Do women feel the cold more than men? 23.08.2025
  • How weird was the Med Sea heatwave? 16.08.2025
  • Why it matters that Trump fired data chief 09.08.2025
  • Are abortion numbers rising in the US? 06.08.2025
  • Does a single AI query use a bottle of water? 06.08.2025
  • Are one in six children living through war? 19.07.2025
  • Why Manchester United can afford to play badly 12.07.2025

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