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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Sexual violence statistics in Asia
Almost a quarter of men in some Asian countries admit rape, it has been reported. The headlines have been sparked by a UN report, which looks at violence against women in parts of Asia. Are the numbers of rapists really this high? Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander look into the detail of the study. And, ?Africa has a drinking problem? - so says Time Magazine. More or Less discovers a more mixed picture. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Start the Week - Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Future
As Start the Week returns to Radio 4, Tom Sutcliffe talks to Margaret Atwood about her vision of the future. In the last of a trilogy of dystopian novels, Atwood charts the fortunes of a group of survivors after a man-made plague has devastated the world. There's more man-made corruption and savagery in Vicky Featherstone's first production as the new Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre: The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas is a dark morality tale. But the philosopher A C Grayling goes back to the Greeks to explore the best of humanity - friendship.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Fertility: when is too late?
Psychologist Jean Twenge argues that women in their late thirties shouldn?t be as anxious about their prospects of having a baby as is commonly assumed. Tim Harford finds fertility experts agree. The economy?s turning a corner, the Chancellor says - Tim Harford takes a closer look at the numbers. Plus, sexual violence statistics in Asia; Britain?s ?small island? status rebutted; and does Africa really have a ?drinking problem?? This is the edition of the programme first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Cato Daily Podcast - The High Price of Corporate Welfare
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Cato Daily Podcast - NSA Document Dump Raises New Questions
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Cato Daily Podcast - NSA Antics Threaten Cybersecurity
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Cato Daily Podcast - Slowing the Drumbeat for War in Syria
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - The death toll in Syria
As global leaders remain divided on whether to carry out a military strike against Syria in response to the apparent use of chemical weapons against its people, Tim Harford looks at the different claims made about how many people have been killed. And, apparently, it's a fact that if there's one thing that's worse for you than drinking, scoffing bacon sandwiches and smoking 80 unfiltered cigarettes a day, it's being left-handed. Left-handers die on average several years earlier than right-handers. Or do they? Tim gets to the bottom of a sinister statistic. This edition was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - The Death Toll in Syria
Tim Harford looks at the different claims made about how many people have been killed in the apparent chemical attack in Syria. The cost of care has forced a million families to sell their homes in the past five years, it?s been reported ? but is it true? What can statistics tell us about the safety of Super Puma helicopters? Tim finds out whether left-handers really die nine years earlier than right-handers. And, he assesses the facts behind the claim that 300,000 attempts have been made to access pornographic websites at Parliament in a year.