How much do nurses in the UK earn compared with those elsewhere in Europe? Tim Harford and the team investigate. Also we have an update on ambulance response times, which were the worst on record in December but are showing signs of improvement. Should we use the word data in the singular or plural? The Financial Times has just changed its policy and Tim?s not happy. We look back at women who have made a key contribution to economics but have often been forgotten. And we hear how a spreadsheet error by the Office for National Statistics made the UK?s productivity appear to be one of the fastest improving in Europe.
60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Torn”—Natalie Imbruglia
Rob looks back at his days in a band while diving into cover songs and Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn.” Later, he is joined by Sophie B. Hawkins to discuss her hit “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” as well as “Torn.”
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Sophie B. Hawkins
Producers: Justin Sayles and Jonathan Kermah
Additional Production Support: Chloe Clark
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Cato Daily Podcast - More Thoughts on Algorithms and Section 230 at SCOTUS
Will Duffield provides additional context ahead of the Supreme Court's consideration of liability under Section 230 of Communications Decency Act.
Related Cato Daily Podcast: Do Algorithms Get a Pass Under Section 230? featuring Thomas A. Berry and Caleb O. Brown
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Cato Daily Podcast - Why Shadow Banking Didn’t Cause the Financial Crisis
In his new book, Why Shadow Banking Didn’t Cause the Financial Crisis, Norbert Michel explores the main problems with the conventional story about the 2008 crisis and explains why it does not justify expanding bank‐like regulations throughout financial markets to mitigate systemic risks.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Spreadsheet disasters
The UK?s Office for National Statistics recently published some dramatically incorrect data - all because of a spreadsheet slip-up. But that?s just the most recent in a long list of times when spreadsheets have gone wrong, often with costly consequences
Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker takes us through a short history of spreadsheet mistakes.
Cato Daily Podcast - Tyre Nichols and Fostering a Police Culture of Accountability
It's a heavy lift to create a culture of accountability within policing that could reduce police killings. Jay Schweikert discusses the brutal police killing of Tyre Nichols and why the case was both exceptional and alarming.
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Cato Daily Podcast - DeSantis Scrubs Florida Public Schools
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has asserted more direct control over the state's public schools. Neal McCluskey details why public institutions necessitate public control.
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Curious City - Car Window Tinting Laws are Complicated (and hard to enforce)
Curious City takes a look at the growing popularity of car window tinting in Illinois. We find out what the state law says about how dark automobile windows can be, who enforces these laws -- or not -- and why some people have safety concerns about them.
Curious City - Car Window Tinting Laws are Complicated (and hard to enforce)
Curious City takes a look at the growing popularity of car window tinting in Illinois. We find out what the state law says about how dark automobile windows can be, who enforces these laws -- or not -- and why some people have safety concerns about them.
Cato Daily Podcast - Do Algorithms Get a Pass Under Section 230?
A case going before the U.S. Supreme Court at long last puts Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act front and center. Specifically, the court is being asked to rule on the status of algorithms that help platforms decide what content to offer up to users. Tommy Berry explains.
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