A Chicago school only got forty two more people to graduate than it did three years ago. But that's an amazing result if you had any impact on just three years, and theno they went on to the regular existing schools. I'm happy to help one person, but if it costs a lot of money, it might not be the best way to help people who might be able to help too with the differencend. Every every little bit helps, right? Ya? Ah, yes. That's my counterpoint to scale. So let's talk about ober, because ober's come out many times on the show. It caused the taxicab drivers around j f k
Economist John List of the University of Chicago talks about his book, The Voltage Effect, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. He discusses what determines scalability and argues that the only good ideas that count are those that scale. Along the way, he draws on his experiences as chief economist of Uber and Lyft to peer inside the black box of ride sharing.