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94. The Price of Doing Business with John List

People I (Mostly) Admire

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From Experiments to Impactful Change

This chapter explores the speaker's transition from focusing on market-specific discrimination studies to advocating for societal impact through rigorous field experiments. It discusses challenges and frustrations in scaling educational and economic initiatives, highlighting the gap between controlled experiments and real-world applicability. Through various examples, including Uber's implementation of a tipping feature, the chapter emphasizes the complexities of achieving meaningful change in diverse settings.

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