More or Less
BBC Radio 4
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the More or Less podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Blood and Treasure
Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
Tom Clavin
Bob Drury
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Art of Uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Scout Mindset
None
Julia Galef
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Counting
Deborah Stone
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Feminomics
null
Corinne Low
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Strongman: Mussolini to the Present
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Die Geschichte Dracole Waide
Barbara Becker-Cantarino
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Scroogenomics
Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
Joel Waldfogel
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Humble Pi
A Comedy of Maths Errors
Matt Parker
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The art of logic in an illogical world
Eugenia Cheng
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Generations
Does when you’re born shape who you are?
Bobby Duffy
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How to Make the World Add Up
Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
Tim Harford
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
200 Years of Muddling Through
Duncan Weldon
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Maths on the Back of an Envelope
Rob Eastaway
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
IDF Diabetes Atlas
11th Edition - 2025
Irini Genitsaridi
Phil Riley
Paraskevi Salpea
Lorenzo Piemonte
Edward J. Boyko
Dianna Magliano
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Expectation Effect
How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
David Robson
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Split
Sharon Bolton
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
May Contain Lies
Alex Edmans
