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

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Scaling Failures From the Past

Dana suscand and her economist collaborator, john liszt, have been working on the scaling science. They've been systematically examining why interventions that work well in experimental or research settings often fail to scale up. Many programmes that we put in place really don't have the research findings to support them - this is what a scientist would call a false positive....

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