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Gunnar Myrdal Quotes: Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed and divorces.
         

Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed and divorces.


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