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Is your argument that outcomes of different policy decisions cannot be compared across different jurisdictions?
by danhak 5y ago
Is your argument that outcomes of different policy decisions cannot be compared across different jurisdictions?
- jacquesm 5y agoNot without carefully controlling for all kinds of variables, demographics, geography, internal and external connectivity and so on. No two areas are closely alike in all those respects.
- danhak 5y agoDo you similarly feel that comparisons across different populations are invalid for arguing the affirmative? e.g. arguments like "we should try masking / UBI / $15 minimum wage / free healthcare / universal pre-k because it worked well in ${location}" are also "not how this works" because we can "only compare with the future that wasn't?" Do such arguments need to control for the infinite number of confounding variables before having any value?