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Troubled families?

Troubled families?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Troubled families?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Aug 22, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"Revealed: half a million problem families" reported The Sunday Times. The government's expanding its Troubled Families programme - two years after More or Less found it statistically wanting. Tim Harford discusses the new numbers with BBC Newsnight's Chris Cook. Plus: CEO remuneration; deaths in Gaza; divorce risks and further adventures in the audio presentation of data.
Released:
Aug 22, 2014
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