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Radio 4,24 May 2013,25 mins

Economics of Scottish independence; Ryanair punctuality

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Tim Harford inspects the claims the UK Treasury and the Scottish government make about the economics of an independent Scotland; tests Ryanair's claim that more than 90% of its flights land on time; re-runs the Eurovision song contest , excluding the votes of the former Soviet countries to test whether political alliances are affecting the final results; discovers that millions of scientific papers may be incorrect; and learns more about dog years - and cat years. Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Ruth Alexander.

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