More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Could Europe use its financial muscle to strong-arm the US?
Europe holds trillions of dollars of US shares and bonds - but can they use them?
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Can you get 拢71,000 on benefits?
Tim Harford investigates benefits, church attacks, saunas and marathon running.
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Is Greenland as big as Africa?
Tim Harford asks if Greenland is really as vast as most maps seem to suggest
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How close is Greenland to the United States?
Tim Harford investigates Greenland maps, climate costs, house prices and Traitors maths
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South Korea study does not show Covid vaccine causes cancer
Influencers claim that this study shows that covid jabs cause cancer. That is not true
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Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT?
Tim Harford investigates closing schools, X users, Covid deaths and churchgoers
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Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?
We investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves
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Numbers of the year 2026
From passenger numbers to world cup travel, we cast our eye forwards into 2026
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Numbers of the Year 2025
A plethora of interesting numbers you may not know about.
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Numbers of the year 2025
From tariffs to comets, we look back at the numbers of 2025 across the world
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Were there really Three Wise Men?
From counting people to measuring housework - we explore.
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The shocking world of US health costs
Can the same pill cost $3 in a pharmacy and $750 in a hospital?
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Do we really have 鈥榮uperflu鈥�?
The NHS is warning of an unprecedented flu season - we check.
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RCP 8.5: Why did the climate change model get it wrong?
How an important climate model was too pessimistic about the future
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Is RFK right about US sperm counts?
Do US teens have 50% lower sperm and testosterone counts than 65 year old men?
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Richard Thaler and The Winner鈥檚 Curse
Richard Thaler on two of his most famous observations in behavioural economics
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Is there a stock market crash coming?
Can data tell us if a stock market crash is coming?
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Has there been a $50 trillion wealth transfer to the richest Americans?
Bernie Sanders says vast riches have moved to the wealthiest in the US. Is he right?
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Is RFK Jr right about China's diabetes rate?
Investigating if 50% of people in China really have diabetes.
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Halloween special: How many people did the real Dracula impale?
Looking at the math's behind the myth
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Is your housework split sexist?
Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework
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Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize
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Are millions of people getting Motability cars for anxiety and ADHD?
Farm tax, ADHD benefits, Movember claim and Tim鈥檚 marathon.
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Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?
Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?
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Does half the UK get more in benefits than they pay in tax?
UK benefits, Zack Polanski鈥檚 billionaire claim and Gen Z job interviews.
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Is the world getting less miserable?
Exploring global polling data that suggests people in more countries are "thriving"
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Has Donald Trump ended seven 'unendable' wars?
Trump鈥檚 peace deals, Labour鈥檚 GDP claim and university league tables
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The case of the missing US data
Why does it matter that US government datasets are being deleted and discontinued?
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Was it easier to deport migrants to France before Brexit?
Migrant returns, ageing mistakes, beef prices and AI MP speeches.
