I remember my grandfather asking me which was better: a clock that was always 10-minutes behind, or one that had stopped completely. I confidently told him that the slow clock would be better but, tongue-in-cheek, he argued that at the least the clock that had stopped told the right time twice a day!
read moreThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced today the new basis on which they will be calculating the consumer and retail price indices (CPI and RPI). These indices were first produced in 1948 and are revised each year to provide an indication of the change in price from year to year of the sorts of things that most of us buy on a regular basis.
read moreGender itself does not cause young men to have more car accidents or women to live longer. Gender is simply a surrogate for a complex combination of social and physiological issues that affect some people more than others.
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