This is a pretty terrible article. “Here’s two underspecified theories about crime vs income and I’ll pretend they represent every possible explanation. Now, th

This is a pretty terrible article. “Here’s two underspecified theories about crime vs income and I’ll pretend they represent every possible explanation. Now, this questionably designed study shows that an artificial, one-time, unearned, small-scale income shock doesn’t reduce crime. Thus there must be something third variable that correlates to both, like IQ.” There are so many other variables here, easy to think of if you spend five minutes imagining other people’s lives. Jumping to “there must be something similarly inherently wrong with both criminals and poor people” is a really disturbing leap to want to make.