More or Less: Behind the Stats   /     Per capita GDP, MP claims and the entire EU budget

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What does per capita GDP tell us about the UK economy? Did the government spend £94bn helping with rising energy prices? Was Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg right about the cost of the EU covid recovery scheme? How did Ben Goldacre persuade scientists to publish all their medical research?Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.Presenter: Tim Harford Reporters: Nathan Gower and Lucy Proctor Producers: Debbie Richford, Perisha Kudhail, Olga Smirnova Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound mix: Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon

Subtitle
What does per capita GDP tell us? How much did the EU spend on covid recovery?
Duration
1703
Publishing date
2024-02-21 09:30
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hd42dt
Contributors
  BBC Radio 4
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