This book is a full-scale exposition of Charles Manski\'s new methodology for analyzing empirical questions in the social sciences.
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Inferences predicated on weak assumptions, he argues, can achieve wide consensus, while ones that require strong assumptions almost inevitably are subject to sharp disagreements.
He recommends that researchers first ask what can be learned from data alone, and then ask what can be learned when data are combined with credible weak assumptions.
This book is a full-scale exposition of Charles Manski\'s new methodology for analyzing empirical questions in the social sciences