One thing somebody said yesterday in a call I was on that I thought was really smart was like I was he's basically somebody's very pro school

Oping they said it's not that I think that every school should be open

But I think that schools should be the first to open and the last of course and so in there are places in the country at the moment

Texas Florida Arizona like many places were basically everything should be closed

Like we like the viruses in a place where like we should not be having beaches and

Outdoor dining and indoor dining and bars and you know like we should be sort of down to like

Lockdown essential services and in those places. Yeah, you also shouldn't have schools

But in places where you are having in outdoor dining and indoor dining and where the bars are open to say then well schools

Like let's not open schools seems like it really

Misses both the differences in risks across things that schools are a lot less risky than bars and also the benefits

At least to you know some to kids basically

I mean maybe you could say there are some people who prefer barges schools

That's almost certainly true, but as a society I think that I think we should I think we could agree that the social utility of

Schools is higher than bar. Well you and I agree. I mean let's not like you know

Let's not put words that everyone's mouth-hander some people might not agree with that, but I think we could agree

I

So thrilled to welcome to Yang speaks the economist the author the person that makes sense of the world for a lot of people out there

Professor Emily Oster welcome to the podcast Emily. Thank you for having me

So I first became aware of your work a couple of years ago where I'm a parent

Your kids are about the same age and there is such like a

Strange cloud slash buzz solve information that

descends on yours made available to you when you're first expecting a child when you first have a child

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