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Food waste and Scrabble
Reports this week suggest that we are wasting 50 per cent of our food globally. It comes from a study by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in the UK. Ruth Alexander discovers why this number is o…
Published on 12 years, 11 months ago
The Parable of the Ox
What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system? We find out in the Parable of the Ox written by John Kay of the Financial Times. The …
Published on 12 years, 11 months ago
The Parable of the Ox
What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system? We find out in the Parable of the Ox written by John Kay of the Financial Times. The …
Published on 12 years, 11 months ago
Numbers of 2012
A special review of the year through the interesting, informative and idiosyncratic numbers of 2012.
Published on 12 years, 11 months ago
Numbers of 2012
A guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the year discussed by More or Less interviewees.
Published on 12 years, 11 months ago
Gun Statistics
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the debate on firearms deaths, and discovers the mathematics of juggling. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Published on 13 years ago
Fact-checking US gun crime statistics
Tim Harford investigates gun crime statistics in the US. Plus, why death is not always the one hard fact that’s hard to fudge; the average age of first-time buyers; whether chocolate makes you clever…
Published on 13 years ago
WS MoreOrLess: What is "rare"?
This week: What is ‘rare’? When we say something is rare what do we mean? Lightning strikes which typically kill three people a year in the UK are often described as rare but how do we square that wi…
Published on 13 years ago
The Census and what does 'rare' mean?
Why was the estimate, in 2003, for Eastern Europeans coming to the UK so wrong? Which is better when communicating information words or numbers? Nassim Taleb explains anti-fragility And we'll debunk …
Published on 13 years ago
World Service: Africa GDP & Royal twins
Where does Nigeria’s plan to revise its GDP leave our understanding of growth in Sub-saharan Africa? And what is the chance of the Duchess of Cambridge having twins given she has severe morning sick…
Published on 13 years ago