This week on freconomic radio, John liszt talks about the voltage effect. He also explains why bad bosses are a problem that most firms purposely choose to live with. And there's new research showing that the peter principle is still alive and well.
In a new book called The Voltage Effect, the economist John List — who has already revolutionized how his profession does research — is trying to start a scaling revolution. In this installment of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, List teaches us how to avoid false positives, how to know whether a given success is due to the chef or the ingredients, and how to practice “optimal quitting.”