More or Less

This podcast explores government waste, debunks misleading statistics, delves into logic puzzles, analyzes correlation in crime rates, discusses economic impacts of hosting Olympics, and explores the probability of specific Scrabble draws.

Exploring parallels between the Euro debt crisis and Greek mythology, understanding the impact of off-balance sheet accounting on Greece's entry into the Eurozone, analyzing the placebo effect in medical treatments, and the evolution of social surveys over 70 years showcasing shifts in societal attitudes and behaviors.

On this week's More or Less: Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?

Debunking salt myths, questioning health advice, analyzing crime strategies, predicting children's height based on parents, and exploring statistical significance in health studies

In More or Less this week: riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.

Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news. This week: US debt, NHS funding and the "27 club".

Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.

More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest moment.

In More or Less this week: a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers. And AV explained.

Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.