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Irish pubs - a global numbers game
Are there more Irish pubs in Ireland than in all other countries combined?
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What are the numbers of 2022?
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
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Qatar World Cup: The pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
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Why is data so important in determining how we live?
Tim Harford on how good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
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World Cup in Qatar: How many migrant workers have died?
Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar
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When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
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A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the Fifa football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
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Improving the numbers in the news
Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news
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Lula鈥檚 'zero deforestation' plan for the Amazon
How much of the rainforest has been lost? And can Brazil鈥檚 new president save it?
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Can China鈥檚 GDP data be trusted?
Are China鈥檚 most recent figures for economic growth wrong?