Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
Episode: Emily Oster: “I Am a Woman Who Is Prominently Discussing Vaginas.” | People I (Mostly) Admire | 17
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Narratives from the crib
Buy on Amazon"Even before that, as a precocious two-year-old, her nighttime ramblings while lying alone in bed were so remarkable that they were tape-recorded and analyzed, resulting in a book called 'Narratives from the Crib,' which is still in print today more than 30 years later, now with an introduction written by Emily Oster herself."
Expecting better
Buy on Amazon"And so you decided, in the midst of all your academic success, but still young and untenured, to do something that many people would perceive as crazy: you decided to write a book for a non-academic audience on pregnancy, even though you’re an economist. That book, of course, was called 'Expecting Better.'"
Cribsheet
Buy on Amazon"So 'Cribsheet,' which is your second book about child-rearing, is very much in the same spirit as 'Expecting Better,' but in many ways, I think it’s harder to write because the data are not nearly as extensive or as conclusive on child-rearing as they are on pregnancy. So how did you deal with that?"