Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
This is a horrible use of correlation. If police spending reduces the crime rate, then EX POST there must be NO cross-sectional correlation between crime and police spending. The only way to know is by lagging variables. — PolitiTweet.org
Scott Hechinger @ScottHech
“One might worry that reducing police spending would lead to a spike in crime. A review of spending on state & loca… https://t.co/fKklf…
