Causal inference
The most expensive concerts (highest ticket prices) have the highest attendance... so charge more for tickets? No, because the reason they are expensive and high attendance is due to high popularity, which confounds the result. So taking an action on an association (high prices-->high attendance) would for most musicians be a terrible prescription.
Forecasting bankruptcy
Miscellaneous
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