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Real or fantasy, football is now consumed by numbers

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe real game gets filtered by the imaginary.OlegDoroshin / Shutterstock.com

Football has always been a numbers game. The long history of betting has meant that there are established odds on first goal scorers, final scores, clean sheets, cup winners, league position and the like. These odds are a familiar part of the consumption of football. But...

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UK election spells the end for the biggest ‘law’ in political science

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageUK politics is no longer a political tango for two, as this party leaders' debate illustrated.EPA/Ken McKay/ITV/Rex

Every election held under “first past the post” (FPTP) voting in the USA produces perfect two-party outcomes – no party except the Democrats and Republicans gets a look-in. Yet elections held under the same voting...

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Confusopoly: Why companies are motivated to deliberately confuse

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imageChoosing a mobile phone shouldn't be this hard.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

Consumers today have easy access to a wide range of products and services. The task of choosing between hundreds of products or packages each having dozens of different fees however, is the opposite of easy.

Product and price variety gives consumers with varying...

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