<p>Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.</p>

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Do Germans really take 19.5 days of sick leave per year? 2026-08-29
How much of the world isn’t owned by anyone? 2026-08-22
14 million deaths or zero deaths? The impact of the USAID cuts 2026-08-15
How much of all the money in the world does Elon Musk have? 2026-08-08
Would you take £50,000 or a 50/50 chance of £1m? 2026-08-01
The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula 2026-07-30
Is crime in London ‘through the roof’? 2026-07-25
How much luck do you need to win the World Cup? 2026-07-18
Does playing tennis make you live 9.7 years longer? 2026-07-11
Does the average teacher really earn £54,000? 2026-07-08
Does a full moon make crime rates go up? 2026-07-04
Examining the numbers behind Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchester Miracle’ 2026-07-01
Benefits v minimum wage: Which pays more? 2026-06-24
Is the US worse than North Korea for malnutrition deaths? 2026-06-20
Does Europe suffer more heat deaths than the US? 2026-06-17
Andrew Ross Sorkin: What can the Great Crash of 1929 tell us about today? 2026-06-13
Education, Education, Education (and Immigration) 2026-06-10
Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France 2026-06-06
Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes 2026-06-03
The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2026-05-30
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