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+import setuptools
+
+with open("readme.txt", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="ipt",
+    version="0.0.1",
+    author="Bryan Graham",
+    description="a Python 3.7 package for causal inference by inverse probability tilting",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/plain",
+    url="https://github.com/bryangraham/ipt",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
+)