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Counting Covid’s impact on GDP
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - January 23, 2021 02:50 - 8 minutes - 8.21 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Will the vaccine bring back normal life? GDP and Fishing
GDP figures for the period covering lockdown appear to show that the UK suffered a catastrophic decline, worse than almost any other country. But as Tim Harford finds out, things aren’t quite as bad for the UK as they might seem - though they might be worse for everywhere else.
Also, alarming claims have been circulating in the UK about the number of suicides during lockdown. We look at the facts.
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Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower and Chloe Hadjimatheou
(Robots work on the MINI car production line at the BMW plant in Cowley, Oxford, UK. Credit: Tolga Akmen/ Getty Images)