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Queuing Backwards

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


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Queuing Backwards

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Queuing backwards Britons love to queue, but have we been getting it wrong? Lars Peter Osterdal from the University of Southern Denmark discusses his theory of how to make queuing more efficient. Thinking Like an Engineer Engineer Guru Madhavan tells the story of the development of the barcode and argues that those making policy should ask engineers as well as economists about solving social problems. Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Wesley Stephenson
Released:
Sep 7, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4