
Interview with John List, Chief Economist at Wal-mart
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Scaling Economic Insights
This chapter explores the evolution of the speaker's perspective on economic experiments, beginning with their early work using baseball cards to test theories. Through personal experiences in launching a pre-K program and interactions with tech industry leaders, the speaker highlights the challenges of applying academic findings to real-world scaling. Emphasizing the importance of connecting theory with practical application, the chapter discusses how lived experiences influence successful economic scaling efforts.
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