How welfare works
Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. This week: Claiming benefits has been described by the Chancellor as - for some - a "lifestyle choice". What does the evidence tell us about how incentives work in the welfare system?; The numbers of some of Britain's best-loved birds are declining. Fast. Many think cats are to blame. Are they right?; Why the Prime Minister's salary has become a convenient unit of measurement; And we bring you the results of our mathematical attempt to level the playing field at this year's Great North Run half marathon.
24 Sep 201027min
Who earns more?
Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?
17 Sep 201027min
Back to school
More or Less looks at how maths is taught in schools today and it asks what the population of the world be if WWI had never happened.
10 Sep 201028min
03 Sep 2010
How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And, what can maths tell us about guerilla insurgencies?
3 Sep 201027min
