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The Accidental Experiment That Changed Men’s Lives
The Atlantic
The Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects.
by Tim Johnson, Dalton Conley, and Christopher Dawes