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Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast)

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The Chief Barrier to Scaling Up Programs

The people ar the problem. So i do think inherently it is about people. That's said, this is not a fatal a that causes us to throw up our arms and say we can't use science in policy making. There are some very, very neat advantages of scaling. Think about on the cost side. Economists always talk about, you know, when things get bigger and bigger, guess what happens? The per unit cost goes down. It's called increasing returns to scale....

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