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Too Many Referees Grind Economies to a Halt

When the ratio of referees to builders (critics to builders) gets out of whack—as with public-sector employment growth in Canada—productivity stalls and things grind to a halt, a pattern visible even in Canada's slow adoption of digital products like Shopify.

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Tobi Lütke

Evidence Quote

if the ratio of referees to builders or critics to builders is going out of whack, things grind to a halt.

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Tobi LütkeConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:32:50 AM

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