“No one could suspect that times were coming . . . when the man who did not gamble would lose all the time, even more surely than he who gambled.”

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2025-12-27

Summary:

In preparation for this new class, I was reading White Collar, the classic 1951 book by sociologist C. Wright Mills. It’s perfect for week 2 of the course because it begins with a discussion of the changes from an American … Continue reading

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economics

Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

12/27/2025, 14:23

Date published:

12/27/2025, 09:57