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Hillbilly Elegy

If Books Could Kill

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The Problem With Vance's Thesis

There are 21 citations in the book total, which is low in and of itself, but also especially weird because he often makes factual claims without citation. You're looking at an unemployment chart and in your mind, it's just measuring laziness over time. That's why he's always relying on anecdotes. He's not a data guy.

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