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Kit Haines asked this question about Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything:
Was lead-poisoning not a known cause of violent teenage behavior in 2005 (from my brief glance lead-abatement and legalization of abortion seem highly correlated, and I expect that is coincidence)? I understand putting forth a theory, but I would have thought access to abortion would have been correlated even before US access (and statistics cost of abortion would be nice)? I'm a bit confused.
Melanti I believe the correlation between leaded gasoline & crime rates wasn't proposed until a couple of years later.…moreI believe the correlation between leaded gasoline & crime rates wasn't proposed until a couple of years later.(less)
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Freakonomics
by Steven D. Levitt
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