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Correlation checklist: does coffee drinking raise GDP?

A pundit points out that countries with higher coffee consumption per capita also have higher GDP per capita, and suggests that coffee culture fuels economic productivity.

Before accepting that coffee drinking causes higher GDP, list every reason the two could correlate without that being the cause.

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This one is open-ended. Work it through, then check your reasoning against the full solution.

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