230: The Data-Driven Way to Make Decisions (Parenting, Health, Career): Emily Oster

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Emily Oster is a Harvard trained economist who built a career on making decisions when the data is bad or missing. I asked her how she does it.

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⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Let the decision lead the data

04:03 – Instagram isn't evidence

08:39 – What to do when there's no data

10:57 – Your family is a small business

14:33 – Right decision vs right process