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While all those hypotheses sound reasonable, I think it's expected that to start looking for those causes, the author first has to argue that the causation does
by euyyn 10y ago
While all those hypotheses sound reasonable, I think it's expected that to start looking for those causes, the author first has to argue that the causation doesn't go the other way around. I.e., why is
> "liberal markets tend to have higher income inequality and worse affordability"
assumed instead of:
> Markets with high income inequality and bad affordability tend to be more liberal.
?
- sharemywin 10y agoor an even better assumption is correlation doesn't prove causation. Of course, without jumping to conclusions it's hard to produce click bait.
- euyyn 10y agoWell, searching for a possible causation chain is the more interesting part; just showing that two things are correlated is of limited value. Of course you're right that the correct approach is to look independently for the causes of both things.