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Episode 309: Liabilities, Rights, the Commerce Clause, and Significance

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The Difference Between Statistical Significance and Economic Significancy

Tom Savage asks, explain the difference between statistical significance and economic significance. For example, providing health insurance has a statistically significant positive effect on physical health but that is not a sufficient reason for having nationalized health insurance. When we talk about economic significance, we typically mean significance that's felt.

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