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Highlights From The Comments On The 2020 Homicide Spike

Scott Alexander defends his analysis of the 2020 US homicide spike against various counterarguments, maintaining that it was primarily caused by changes in policing following protests.

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Jul 8, 2022 4,792 words 108 likes 437 comments Listen · 33 min Read Read
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Highlights From The Comments On San Fransicko

Scott Alexander shares reader comments on his 'San Fransicko' book review, covering homelessness, crime statistics, and urban policy debates.

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Jun 29, 2022 9,636 words 68 likes 481 comments Listen · 65 min Read Read
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Links 10/15: Bride of Linkenstein

A collection of interesting links covering science, education, politics and culture, with Scott Alexander's commentary and analysis on each.

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Oct 29, 2015 2,965 words 0 likes 639 comments Read Read
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How Likely Are Multifactorial Trends?

Scott Alexander questions the plausibility of multifactorial explanations for trends, using the US crime rate decline as an example, and seeks literature on comparing single-factor vs multi-factor explanations.

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Feb 14, 2015 680 words 0 likes 381 comments Read Read
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