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Video Games: Emily Oster, Are the kids alright?

September 4, 2021September 9, 2021Joy1 Comment

On Monday, China announced that kids under 18 will be limited to only 3 hours per week of online gaming. Those hours are scheduled for the evenings of Fri-Sun with a 9pm cut off. Go to bed, young man! Last…

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Parenting

Emily Oster on Vaccines in February 2021

February 21, 2021February 19, 2021Joy2 Comments

My third post on Covid data heroes features Dr. Emily Oster. Emily is a mom. Lot’s of economists are moms, but few have incorporated it quite as much into their careers. Emily has written a book on pregnancy and a…

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Data, Health, ParentingCovid

Ambitious Parenting

August 20, 2022August 23, 2022JoyLeave a comment

Things go by online about moms and kids that bother me. Here I will Be Like Pete and try to articulate a positive vision. We could talk more about parenting small children. Ambitious people, both men and women, might want…

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Parenting, Weblogs

Day care and new pre-K findings

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022JoyLeave a comment

There was a buzz over a new study showing that pre-K is not necessarily good for children. It’s amazing how experts can be completely surprised by the results of a major study on an issue like pre-K education.* Noah Smith…

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EconLit, Parentingday care

Will we repeat the Christmas Covid wave?

December 18, 2021December 18, 2021Joy2 Comments

EDIT at 7pm, same day as posting: You know you have good friends when someone quietly emails you and tells you that the news about Omicron just got much worse and you should probably edit your post. I’ve been trying…

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Health, Newscovid-19, Omicron

If Tyler is talking about a new variant…

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021JoyLeave a comment

For some Americans, this Thanksgiving was the first holiday that felt normal in a long time. Being re-united, without Covid restrictions, is something to celebrate. On the other hand, a new coronavirus variant was just discovered in South Africa. It’s…

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Health, News, WeblogsCovid

Joy on Books 2021

October 30, 2021October 29, 2021JoyLeave a comment

The non-fiction book for adults I recommend this year is Liberty Power by historian Corey Brooks. If you have ever cared about social justice or affecting change, then wouldn’t you be curious to know how the abolitionists really did it…

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Books, History, Parenting, Technology

Reading The Family Firm

August 8, 2021Joy7 Comments

Emily Oster’s newest book on parenting dropped to my Kindle this week. I recommend it to parents if your oldest child is between 2 and 8 years old.* Her first book in this genre (she invented this genre) was Expecting…

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Books, Parenting

Old Lives Matter

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021Jeremy Horpedahl3 Comments

Bryan Caplan has kindly responded to my latest blog post, which was in turn a response to his blog post on the relative value of human lives by age. Caplan has always been kind in his responses, even when responding…

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Data, EconLit, Economics, Healthcovid-19, elderly, value of a statistical life

Not all robots have faces

May 15, 2021May 10, 2021Joy2 Comments

Through Twitter, I have become aware of the SNOO. I’m quoting SNOO literature Unfortunately, babies don’t sleep well on flat, still beds in totally quiet rooms. In fact, over 50% of babies still wake up once a night after 6…

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Parenting, Technology

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