The Bill for Afghanistan

Vaccine waning, hot dogs and Afghanistan

Death, Tax and Dishwashers

How many holes are there in a drinking straw?

Covid trends, face mask use, and the universal credit cut

Is it easy being green?

The Gender Pay Gap

Twenty years of More or Less

Bonus episode: the first ever More or Less

The prize-winning economics of migration and the minimum wage

The numbers behind Squid Game

The art of counting

Same data, opposite results. Can we trust research?

The carbon cost of breakfast at COP26

A TikTok tale

Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?

Does catching covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?

The psychological economics of gift giving

Numbers of 2021

Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe’s?

How much plastic is in the Ocean and can Mr Beast make a difference?

Omicron, pandemic birth rates and boosters

QAnon: Did 365,348 children go missing in the US in 2020?

Are women 32% more likely to die after operation by a male surgeon?

Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?

Should you follow the 5 second rule? And does inflation hit the poorest harder?

Fertility rates: baby boom or bust?

Does the UK have the fastest growing economy in the G7?

Did lockdowns save any lives?

Troop and Casualty Numbers in Ukraine