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Who are the 1% and the 99%?

Who are the 1% and the 99%?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Who are the 1% and the 99%?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir Tony Atkinson of Oxford University; Stewart Lansley, author of 'The Cost of Inequality'; and Professor Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University. Also, David Spiegelhalter, the Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University explains why he took on what could be his riskiest venture to date - appearing on BBC One's Winter Wipeout. Plus, the magic of maths with magician and Stanford maths professor Persi Diaconis.
Released:
Dec 23, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4