The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

14. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?

Feb 24, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Blue Light Special in Camar, WY
01:51 • 2min
3
The Voltage Effect - How to Make Good Ideas Great
03:51 • 2min
4
The Hidden Side of Everything on Freconomics Radio
05:39 • 2min
5
How to Scale Up a Preschool in a Low Income Neighborhood
07:46 • 3min
6
Scaling - Chef vs Ingredients
10:30 • 4min
7
John Liszt's Life and Work
14:41 • 2min
8
Uber's Travis Calonik, a Chicago Economist
17:00 • 2min
9
The Power in Balances of Scaling Up
18:54 • 2min
10
The Advantages of Diversity in Recruitment and Hiring
20:46 • 2min
11
Drug Abuse Resistance Education Programme
23:12 • 2min
12
Drug Abuse Resistance Education Programme - A False Positive
24:56 • 2min
13
Do You Know That Drug Use or Abuse Is Going to Fall?
26:35 • 3min
14
Scaling Problems in Economics
30:03 • 2min
15
The Power of Messages
32:16 • 2min
16
The Key to Scaling Taxes
33:59 • 2min
17
Facebook Scaling Success Story or a Cautionary Tale?
36:02 • 2min
18
Scaling Up UBI?
38:12 • 2min
19
What Should I Quit?
39:46 • 2min
20
The Guisa Quitter Is a Loser
41:41 • 2min
21
The Secret of Too High Voltage Scaling Is Understanding When to Quit
43:21 • 2min
22
John Liszt - The Voltage Effect
45:04 • 4min