Economist Emily Oster On Rationality and Risk

<p>On today’s episode, Ryan has a wide-ranging conversation with professor and economist Emily Oster. They talk about how to balance your life with children, how to communicate positive messaging, how the American government handled the pandemic, and more.</p><p>Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University, as well as the bestselling author of several books. Her most recent book, <a href='https://geni.us/jAAKJ'><em>Cribsheet</em></a><em>,</em> aims to help improve decision making during the early years of parenting.</p><p>This episode is brought to you by <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell</a>, the best site for figuring out how and where to donate your money to have the greatest impact. <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell’s</a> team of researchers works countless hours to determine which charities make the most effective dollar-for-dollar contributions to the causes they support. Since 2010, <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell</a> has helped over 50,000 donors donate over 500 million dollars to the most effective charities, leading to over 75,000 lives saved and millions more improved. Visit <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell.org/stoic</a> and your first donation will be matched up to 100 dollars.</p><p>This episode is also brought to you by <a href='https://www.jordanharbinger.com/'>the Jordan Harbinger Show</a>. <a href='https://www.jordanharbinger.com/'>Jordan&apos;s podcast</a> is one of the most interesting ones out there, with guests like Kobe Bryant, Mark Manson, Eric Schmidt, and more. Listen to one of Ryan&apos;s episodes right now (<a href='https://www.jordanharbinger.com/ryan-holiday-solving-for-what-you-really-want-from-life/'>1</a>, <a href='https://www.jordanharbinger.com/ryan-holiday-stillness-is-the-key/'>2</a>), and <a href='https://www.jordanharbinger.com/'>subscribe to the Jordan Harbinger Show</a> today.</p><p>Sign up for Daily Stoic’s parenting course, The Stoic Parent: <a href='http://dailystoic.com/stoicparent'>http://dailystoic.com/stoi