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27/08/2010

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Friday 27 August 2010

Tim Harford and the More or Less team are back with a new series of the award-winning investigative numbers programme. This week: the "Spirit Level" row decoded. Is it really safer to wear a helmet when cycling? And has the first future 1000-year-old already been born?

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  1. Image for More or Less: Behind the Stats

    More or Less: Behind the Stats

    Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But...

  2. Image for Tim Harford: Pop-Up Economics

    Tim Harford: Pop-Up Economics

    Economist Tim Harford weaves together economic ideas with some remarkable personal histories,...

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