HS2 and electric cars, UK vs China emissions & massive maths errors
30 Aug 2023
28m
BBC Radio 4 ยท News
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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
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Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?
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Counting Hunger in India
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Lib Dem ambulance claims, affordable rent and goat meat
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A short history of data
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