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Re:Nate Silver confuses cause and effect, ends up defending ... by cube13 on Thursday December 20, 2012 @02:27PM (#4949448)
In order for this to be true, she needed to make the argument that it is. She's not saying anything to that effect at all.
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Re:Nate Silver confuses cause and effect, ends up defending ... by sillysaurus on Thursday December 20, 2012 @02:35PM (#4949484)
If her point wasn't "corruption caused the financial meltdown," then why did she write this piece?

The simplest explanation is that she was, in fact, arguing that corruption caused the financial crisis.

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