Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
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Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
BBC Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
Can we really compare the statistics, and is air conditioning a silver bullet?
As food prices soar, we fact check how they compare with neighbouring nations
Made from 2kg of gold and 444 gemstones, St Edward’s Crown will feature in the coronation
Tim Harford looks at how inflation is calculated and what is really means when it changes
