28 min listen
Falling pound, the Queen’s funeral and is 0.5 on the Richter scale a big number?
Falling pound, the Queen’s funeral and is 0.5 on the Richter scale a big number?
ratings:
Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The value of the pound against other currencies has been incredibly volatile ever since the Chancellor’s ‘mini-budget’. We ask how much we should worry and look at how much taxes will really fall. Also did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen’s funeral? Gas prices are falling – so why aren’t energy bills? There are early signs that new covid variants could cause another spike in cases over the winter. And with the government lifting a moratorium on fracking, we ask how seismic a number the current limit of 0.5 on the Richter scale actually is.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Charlotte McDonald, Nathan Gower
Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Presenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Charlotte McDonald, Nathan Gower
Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Released:
Sep 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
03 Sep 2010: How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And,... by More or Less: Behind the Stats