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Cato Daily Podcast - Understanding Attacks on Free Thought
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Cato Daily Podcast - Understanding the NSA Scandal
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Cato Daily Podcast - Big Military Spending and Threat Perception
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS MoreOrLess: Wine shortage?
It has been reported that global wine supplies are running low. But shops still seem to be well-stocked. So, what is going on? Tim Harford fact-checks the claim. Plus, are the four festive football fixtures as crucial to Premier League teams as many claim? This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Britain’s 80,000 homeless children
About 80,000 children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to the charity Shelter. What exactly does that mean? Tim Harford explores the statistic. Plus, he fact-checks the news reports of a global wine shortage; and a magician, who exploits the maths of card shuffling, attempts to read his mind. Also, are the four festive football fixtures as crucial to Premier League teams as many claim? And, in tribute to the former BBC economics editor, Stephanie Flanders, listen to what was perhaps her finest broadcasting moment.
Cato Daily Podcast - The Disaster and Recovery in Jamestown
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Cato Daily Podcast - Proposed Bank Regulations Would Slow Growth
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Cato Daily Podcast - ‘Fake Judging’ and Judicial Engagement
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Constitutional Challenge to ObamaCare
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