The Ezra Klein Show

Emily Oster schools me on parenthood

I’ve read a lot of Emily Oster over the past year. Her first book, Expecting Better , has become the data-minded parent’s bible on pregnancy. Her new book, Cribsheet , extends that analysis to the first years of life. Oster is an economist at Brown University, and what she brings to this particular pursuit is a passion for good evidence. And here’s the…