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Should the government target persnuffle?

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Should the government target persnuffle?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


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Should the government target persnuffle?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Oct 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Are childhood obesity rates going down?
Do 35 million birds die every year in the UK after hitting windows?
How much money could the Chancellor find by changing the debt rule?
And Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter contemplates the probability of his own conception.Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news, and in life. Presenter: Tim Harford
Reporter: Charlotte MacDonald
Producers: Bethan Ashmead Latham, Natasha Fernandes and Nathan Gower
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound mix: Neil Churchill
Editor: Richard Vadon
Released:
Oct 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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