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World Service,20 Dec 2014,10 mins

Numbers of the Year: Part One

More or Less

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What is so special about 39,222 Mexican teachers? In the first of three episodes looking back at 2014, Mexico specialist Professor Carlos Vilalta tells Tim Harford. And More or Less also speaks to the editor of fact-checking site Africa Check, Julian Rademeyer, to hear his most memorable number from the previous 12 months. (Image: Mexico illustration. Credit: Shutterstock)

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