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The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

So, even if you have an RCT showing positive effect, there’s still perhaps a 20-50% chance that the true effect is near zero.

Is It Fair to Say That Most Social Programmes Don’t Work?

80000hours.org

Local government and private companies collaborated to provide free public transport passes to employees, combined with a private shuttle bus to connect transit stops with workplaces. This programme, promoted through a marketing and communication plan, was found to have achieved a 37% reduction in the share of commuters travelling into the city centre by car.

12 Best Ways to Get Cars Out of Cities – Ranked by New Research

SUVs alone

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