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To: mistermj who wrote (25117)8/27/2012 3:07:13 AM
From: koan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 85487
 
<<Correlation does not imply causation" is a phrase used in science and statistics to emphasize that a correlation between two variables does not automatically imply that one causes the other >>

I know that. In economics it is called: Post hoc ergo propter hoc". The fallacy of that is, therefore, because of this.

But it also can mean causation.

And in the case of the unions causing a middle class to spring up, it is true. When in all of history have we had a strong middle class without unions?


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