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A case of statistical significance in Greece

A case of statistical significance in Greece

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


A case of statistical significance in Greece

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Feb 4, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week Ruth Alexander looks at the extraordinary case of Andreas Georgiou the head of the Greek statistics agency, Elstat. He is facing criminal charges for what amounts to statistical treason. It is a story that goes to the heart of the Greek debt crisis, that includes extreme office politics, alleged e-mail hacking and a statistician facing at least five years in prison. We speak to Economists Miranda Xafa and Professor Yanis Vourafafkis as well as Syriza MP Dimitris Tsoukalas.
Also: do American football players die earlier than their fellow Americans?
Released:
Feb 4, 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