Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?

Interesting new episode from the Freakonomics podcast, with economist John List. He shares some great insights on why a lot of good ideas fail to scale (or fail when scaled). I was especially intrigued by his argument why policy-informed evidence is just as important as evidence-informed policy.


From Weekly Filet #384, in March 2022.

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