John Liszt is the former chief economist of first uber then lift. His latest book is how to make good ideas great and great ideas scale. He talks about five reasons why there's a voltage effect, or what happens when we go from small to large. We'd love to hear from you to days, june 20 third, 20 22. Go to econ talk dot org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find link information related to today's conversation.
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.