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Will the new government focus more on evidence-based policy - and evaluation - than the last? Does anthropometrics - hailed as a new area of economics - mark a return to Victorian ideas? We figure ...out how much tax banks contribute to the UK economy (after Digby Jones claimed the figure to be 24%) and the Pareto Principle - a power law - what is it, and why does it appear to apply to many areas of life?
Will the new government focus more on evidence-based policy - and evaluation - than the last? Does anthropometrics - hailed as a new area of economics - mark a return to Victorian ideas? We figure ...out how much tax banks contribute to the UK economy (after Digby Jones claimed the figure to be 24%) and the Pareto Principle - a power law - what is it, and why does it appear to apply to many areas of life?
| Series: | More or less |
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| Episode | 4 |
| First transmission date: | 2010-06-11 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2010 |
| 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: | 00:27:20 |
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| Producer: | Richard, Knight |
| Presenter: | Tim Harford |
| Contributors: | Stuart Adam; Duncan Alexander; Alex Bellos; Margaret Collier; Gary Fauchet; Robert Fountain; Justin Fox; Tim Harford; Gerald Newport; Prenache Sumani |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Economics; Mathematics; Statistics |
| Production number: | PLN02310VE2023 |
| Available to public: | no |
