Joshua Angrist on Econometrics and Causation
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Paul Krugman and the Minimum Wage
I think we're lucky to live in the United States where social science does actually matter for policy and better social science probably matters more. Do you think a majority of health economists oppose universal health insurance based on the study, the empirical evidence that it's not related to health outcomes? I don't think that's relevant. If there may be other good reasons to support insurance, and I'm not really interested in debating that.
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