Numbers of the year part 2

Numbers of the year part 2

We asked and you responded, this edition of ‘numbers of the year’ are from you. our loyal listeners. We scoured the inboxes to find three fascinating numbers that say something about the world we live in now and put them to our experts. Tune if you want to hear about rising global temperatures, what Taylor Swift has in common with 65 years olds and facts about fax (machines).

Contributors: Amanda Maycock, University of Leeds Jennifer Dowd, University of Oxford

Presenter: Charlotte McDonald Reporter: Lizzy McNeill Producer: Vicky Baker and Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar.

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Wedding Stats

Wedding Stats

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

29 Apr 201127min

How useful is GDP?

How useful is GDP?

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

22 Apr 201128min

Tuition fees

Tuition fees

Tim Harford and the team examine examine tuition fees, drugs testing and inflation.

15 Apr 201128min

Youth Unemployment

Youth Unemployment

In More or Less this week: youth unemployment, Trumpton and social mobility.

8 Apr 201127min

Small spending cuts?

Small spending cuts?

Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news. Are the cuts "small"? And we introduce "The Other Census".

1 Apr 201127min

The Story of Economics 'Monsters'

The Story of Economics 'Monsters'

In this three-part series Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the third and final programme, 'Monsters', Michael investigates another view of economics: that it is the story of people, how they think and behave.

30 Mar 201128min

The Story of Economics 'Cogs'

The Story of Economics 'Cogs'

'More or Less' creator Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of the economy in the second part of 'The Story of Economics'.

23 Mar 201128min

The Story of Economics 'Gods'

The Story of Economics 'Gods'

More or Less creator Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right. In the first programme of a three part series, Michael travels to Athens and the site of Aristotle's Lyceum - where economics as a discipline began.

16 Mar 201128min

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