How useful is GDP?

More or Less

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News Commentary, Science, Mathematics, News

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2011

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading the More or Less podcast from the BBC.
0:04.0	You can find out more about our programme on our website,
0:07.5	bbc.co.uk slash radio4.
0:11.7	But before you do that, here's Tim Halford.
0:15.2	Hello and welcome to More or Less,
0:17.2	statistically proven to be the best programme about numbers on radio4.
0:21.6	This week, we'll find out who the Education Secretary Michael Gove
0:25.6	describes us.
0:26.8	The most important man in the British education system,
0:30.9	much more important than me.
0:32.2	And a listener writes,
0:33.8	I was at dinner with my wife and three friends.
0:37.2	We discovered that all five of our fathers were called John Charles.
0:41.9	What are the chances of that?
0:43.7	The mysterious case have missed a John Charles.
0:47.2	And, news to heart and the numerati everywhere,
0:49.9	it's nearly time to reveal the results of our other census.
0:54.0	But before we tell you what you, or a non-random sample of more than 14,000 of you,
0:59.0	told us, let's take a step back.
1:02.2	Our census tried to measure some elements of happiness or well-being.
1:06.0	We're not the first.
1:07.1	It's a project which has caused considerable excitement.
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