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A clean, lightly comic numbers episode that moves from the UK census to Freakonomics without overplaying either stop.
This episode starts with the UK census and the simple fact that counting people is never just bookkeeping. Tim Harford brings in Georgina Sturge for a clear look at how census taking has evolved in this country, and why the path toward another census in 2031 is still not…
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You want seasonal fact-checking with a UK census detour, a Freakonomics retrospective, and one very odd parking statistic.
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