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BBC Radio 4 2068 - The Uzbekistan-shaped hole in an influential climate cost paper

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

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Published 03 Oct 2026

Duration 08:59

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Does the UK really have nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe?

Trump fact-check: Do the US and Venezuela have 60% of the world’s oil?

Has the UK’s productivity puzzle been solved?

Are carrots becoming less nutritious?

Are bad teeth the number one reason kids go to A&E?

Could this be the strongest El Niño in 1,000 Years?

Why are so many ex-prisoners being sent back to prison?

Is every card shuffle unique?

Bonus podcast: Norman Numbers

Do Germans really take 19.5 days of sick leave per year?

How much of the world isn’t owned by anyone?

14 million deaths or zero deaths? The impact of the USAID cuts

How much of all the money in the world does Elon Musk have?

Would you take £50,000 or a 50/50 chance of £1m?

Is crime in London ‘through the roof’?

Benefits v minimum wage: Which pays more?

Is the US worse than North Korea for malnutrition deaths?

Does Europe suffer more heat deaths than the US?

Andrew Ross Sorkin: What can the Great Crash of 1929 tell us about today?

Education, Education, Education (and Immigration)

Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France

Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes

The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?

Is the ‘loneliness epidemic’ real?

Are refugees more likely to commit crime?

Erdos Problem 1196: Can AI now solve maths that no human can?

Why it’s wrong to say vaping is as bad for you as smoking

Does it take 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram of beef?

Have RFK and MAHA really changed American views on vaccines?

Examining the numbers behind Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchester Miracle’

The messy history behind the modern calendar

How much luck do you need to win the World Cup?

Does playing tennis make you live 9.7 years longer?

Does the average teacher really earn £54,000?

Does a full moon make crime rates go up?

The case of the missing US data

How weird was the Mediterranean Sea heatwave?

Are abortion numbers rising in the US?

Are abortion numbers rising in the US?

The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula

DOGE, apples and irregular migrants

Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?

A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers

Why has Hong Kong’s Covid wave been so bad?

Deaths at Home, Supermarket Infections and the Cobra Effect

Will the vaccine bring back normal life? GDP and Fishing

How effective is one dose of the vaccine?

US election: facts or fiction