Oddbean new post about login | logout Correlation is not causation You can use the same graph to suggest that printing money helps to fix serial killings since we're now down to pre-1970s levels Both takes are retarded though
Don’t take it out of context, check https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
Isn't that whole site a demonstration of the point I made?
Indeed correlation is not causation, but the fact that multiple parameters all started to deteriorate around the same time does suggest that there might be some underlying factors at play. If you think that the Nixon Shock is not the main issue you don't really get the impact money have on society.