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We should be figuring out how to design programs that work across different regions and socioeconomic groups, within budgetary constraints.

Offering tour packages for individuals or groups.

Small experiments for solving social problems may seem to work, but at least half of them fall apart when they’re expanded to a larger constituency. Costs are the main explanation, although not the only one.

John A. List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago just wrote a groundbreaking book called

A recent pilot program measuring the results of online tutoring for K-12 students has shown positive, promising results, according to a new study from the

An economist’s advice on when to fold your hand in favor of the next opportunity.

When trying to scale an idea all the way from your head to the world marketplace, you better pay attention to the voltage meter.

As societies struggle to reopen in the shadow of new COVID-19 variants, social experiments are urgently needed to ensure that we implement policies with proven records of success.

By Ori Heffetz and John A. ListITHACA/CHICAGO — Without rigorous research and open inquiry, the breakthroughs that have defined the modern era, saving countless lives and delivering tremendous economic growth, never would have happened. From discovering the laws of physics and the germ theory of disease to developing public policies, scholars have used experimentation to move

By Ori Heffetz and John A. ListITHACA/CHICAGO — Without rigorous research and open inquiry, the breakthroughs that have defined the modern era, saving countless lives and delivering tremendous economic growth, never would have happened. From discovering the laws of physics and the germ theory of disease to developing public policies, scholars have used experimentation to move