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MY communication reporting a high correlation between national anxiety levels and economic growth rates has been criticized by Stacey and Britton on two general grounds1,2. First, that the samples of students from whom the anxiety scores are derived are not representative or comparable from one country to another. Second, that various interpretations of the correlation are possible.
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LYNN, R. National Rates of Economic Growth, Anxiety and Suicide. Nature 222, 494 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222494a0
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