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WS MoreOrLess: Indian Farmer Suicides

WS MoreOrLess: Indian Farmer Suicides

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


WS MoreOrLess: Indian Farmer Suicides

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India. But is it any more prevalent than in any other area of Indian society?
Also what is the history behind the Lakh and the Crore in South Asia? It confused one contributor on the farmer suicide story and caused him to get the figures wrong by a factor of 10.
Released:
Jan 21, 2013
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