To speak of cause and effect in economics, one must have in mind some kind of model. It may be an entirely subconscious model, or a model spelled out in theory but never quantified or tested, or an explicit, quantified model that has been subjected to careful testing and scrutiny. I need hardly add in which sort I have the greater confidence.
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