Why is data so important in determining how we live?

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Why are good data so important to policymakers around the world – whether they know it or not – and what happens when the data available is bad or even missing? Presenter Tim Harford speaks to Georgina Sturge, a statistician at the House of Commons library in London and the author of Bad Data: How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers. Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Jon Bithrey (Photo: Data analyst using a dashboard with charts, metrics and KPI to analyse performance and create insight reports. Credit: Getty Images)