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Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

My guest today is Emily Oster.

Emily is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author

of Expecting Better, Cribsheet, and the family firm. She has a PhD in economics from Harvard,

and prior to teaching at Brown, she was on the faculty at the University of Chicago Booth School

of Business. This episode is all about children and families.

We discuss the surprising truth about whether women can drink caffeine and alcohol

during pregnancy.

We discuss the difference between randomized trials and observational studies.

We talk about the problems with nutrition research.

We talk about the concept of a natural experiment. We talk about overly problems with nutrition research. We talk about the concept of a natural experiment.

We talk about overly cautious public health messaging. How the principles of business management can

apply to managing a family. The rising complexity of having a family in the modern age. The arms

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