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The Numbers Game
Why is "average" a stupid idea? What does the "risk" of dying really mean? Is the national "debt" as big as it sounds? The BBC Radio program, More or Less, got a big enough audience to become a book. Now it has crossed the ocean with a new title, The Numbers Game : The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, Politics and in Life.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readWhy is "average" a stupid idea? What does the "risk" of dying really mean? Is the national "debt" as big as it sounds? The BBC Radio program, More or Less, got a big enough audience to become a book. Now it has crossed the ocean with a new title, The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, Politics and in Life. Co-author Andrew Dilnot, the Principal of St. Hugh's College, talks about taking the mystery out of the numbers.
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- 41:53The Numbers GameYou’re reading this
The full episode
3 of 3Money: The Key to Happiness or the Root of All Evil?- 1:41Inventory Glut on Store Shelves and at Frozen Ports
- 7:34Money: The Key to Happiness or the Root of All Evil?
- 41:53The Numbers GameYou’re reading this