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"Libor losers How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? After all, most financial trades are two way bets - and for every winner, there is a loser. Did the bank...s really pick our pockets as they manipulated Libor? Or were they just picking each others'?A million starving children?We investigate the claim made by a leading charity that a million British children are "starving".Challenge YanYan Wong from "Bang Goes the Theory" offers to answer any question More or Less listeners can throw at him.Crunching the censusLate last March, you may remember filling in a form for the 2011 census. Whatever happened to that? Well, the first results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland are coming out next week. We find out what we'll be finding out."
"Libor losers How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? After all, most financial trades are two way bets - and for every winner, there is a loser. Did the bank...s really pick our pockets as they manipulated Libor? Or were they just picking each others'?A million starving children?We investigate the claim made by a leading charity that a million British children are "starving".Challenge YanYan Wong from "Bang Goes the Theory" offers to answer any question More or Less listeners can throw at him.Crunching the censusLate last March, you may remember filling in a form for the 2011 census. Whatever happened to that? Well, the first results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland are coming out next week. We find out what we'll be finding out."
| Series: | More or less |
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| Episode | 1 |
| First transmission date: | 2012-07-13 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2012 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
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| Producer: | Richard, Knight |
| Presenter: | Tim Harford |
| Contributors: | Tim Harford; Leanne Craig; Roma Chapel; Jonathan Rosenthal; John Ewan; Yan Wong |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Economics; Mathematics; Statistics |
| Production number: | AUDA814B |
| Available to public: | no |
