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A comment on The 'Startling' Link Between Low Interest Rates and Low Crime (2016).

Re:The 'Startling' Link Between Low Interest Rates and Low C... by nvdk on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:04AM (#39011523)
to all the quick replies below, the article actually goes a bit in the possible causation and how higher interest rates might relate to higher financial stress in society and how that relates to crime rates.
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Re:The 'Startling' Link Between Low Interest Rates and Low C... by konschubert on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:25AM (#39011671)
Do they control for unemployment?
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Re:The 'Startling' Link Between Low Interest Rates and Low C... by jameshart on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @06:44AM (#39012210)
Why would they want to? Part of the hypothesis is that interest rates drive increased unemployment which drives crime. Overall their thesis is that interest rates are a leading indicator of economic stresses that highly impact crime rates.
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