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driverdan
on Nov 23, 2020
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WTF Happened in 1971? (2019)
The inflection point in most of these charts happen after 1971, many closer to 1980.
rtkwe
on Nov 23, 2020
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Looking at economic graphs is hard because it’s laggy. The problems that lead to 2008 were a gradual accumulation through the preceding 10-20 years.
jasonhansel
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If "it's laggy" is a valid explanation, then literally any economic change since 1971 can be used to "support" the OP's theory.
yongjik
on Nov 23, 2020
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s/literally any economic change since 1971/literally any economic change/
driverdan
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That's true which is why this is not how you present that data. This feels like it was created by a technical trader who was looking for signals without an understanding of the underlying data.
bpt3
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It was created by a business with an obvious agenda (and therefore an obvious conclusion they'd like you to draw).
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