The Big Question: Can Data Make You a Better Parent? (interview with Emily Oster)
August 4, 2021 Bloomberg Quint
In this interview, Emily Oster discusses different approaches to parenting - including some mentioned in her new book The Family Firm.
News Archive 2021
The most successful families are run like mini companies. An expert shares the best exercise to help parents get started. (written by Emily Oster)
August 4, 2021 Business Insider
This article is an excerpt from Emily Oster's new book, The Family Firm.
Jan. 6 insurrectionists are liable for the suicides of four D.C. police officers (Costs of War report cited)
August 4, 2021 AZCentral
This article cites the Costs of War project at Watson and includes the four deceased police officers who were present at the January 6, 2021 insurrection as casualties of war.
Lucrative fundraising points to small but strong Republican anti-Trump resistance (commentary by Wendy Schiller)
August 4, 2021 The Guardian
Wendy Schiller is cited in this article stating, "Whatever the polls say, whatever the voting base is, who is actually fueling the Republicans in terms of campaign contributions? You’re seeing a distinct split."
China's unavoidable financial rise (Arvind Subramanian cited)
August 4, 2021 Project Syndicate
This article references writings and research by Arvind Subramanian.
Breaking the cycle of bad behaviour on the roads (commentary by Cathy Lutz)
August 4, 2021 Halifax Examiner
Cathy Lutz offered commentary on the culture of the automobile and its effect on daily life, including the politics around bicycle infrastructure.
How to Avoid the Worst Parenting Mistake (interview with Emily Oster)
August 3, 2021 The Atlantic
This interview with Emily Oster focuses on content in her new book, The Family Firm, which was released on August 3rd.
An economist weighs in on your tough decisions for school-age kids: ‘You gotta look at the whole picture’ (interview with Emily Oster)
August 3, 2021 Los Angeles Times
In this interview, Emily Oster discusses decision-making content for parents in her new book, The Family Firm.
The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years — New Book by Emily Oster
August 2, 2021
Additional news coverage for Emily Oster's new book, Family Firm: The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years.
A smarter way to make decisions about your kids (written by Emily Oster)
August 2, 2021 New York Times
Emily Oster wrote an opinion piece focused on science-backed parenting choices, adapted in part from her book “The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years.”
The Common App will officially no longer ask about students’ disciplinary records (Jayanti Owens cited)
August 2, 2021 CNBC
This story on changes to the Common Application references research by Jayanti Owens, who found in a study that different treatment from teachers accounts for roughly half of the Black / white racial gap in-school suspensions and expulsions.
WATCH: Zearn CEO Shalinee Sharma Talks About How Her Math App Revealed the Pandemic’s Widening Learning Gaps in Real Time (John Friedman cited)
August 2, 2021 The 74
In this video, Shalinee Sharma references John Friedman and the Opportunity Insights team.
Why do some in China want a COVID-19 investigation into Fort Detrick laboratory in the U.S.? (commentary by Stephen Kinzer)
August 2, 2021 CGTN
Stephen Kinzer provided commentary in this article stating, "If there ever is the need for the U.S. to develop a bioweapon, it would certainly be made in Fort Detrick. That's the only place where it could be made. That's where all the scientists are; that's where all the toxins are."
Suicide stalks 'war on terror' veterans (Costs of War report cited)
August 2, 2021 China Daily
This article cites the Costs of War project housed at Watson.
Emily Oster Thinks of Herself As an Expert on Data in Parenting, Not Parenting Itself (interview with Emily Oster)
August 2, 2021 The Cut
Emily Oster is interviewed in this article on her day-to-day schedule, family life, and career.
Emily Oster says you should run your family like a business. Does that work in 2021 — or ever? (Emily Oster cited)
July 30, 2021 Washington Post
This book review covers “The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years" by Emily Oster.
America has its own virus secrets (written by Stephen Kinzer)
July 30, 2021 Boston Globe
Stephen Kinzer penned this column on how the U.S. military's long history of biological research complicates the quest to clear up what really happened in Wuhan.
Through a glass darkly (written by Omer Bartov)
July 29, 2021 TLS UK
Omer Bartov penned this article on WWII and Nazi Germany based on a recent series of welldocumented studies.
China: If you investigate Wuhan, investigate Fort Detrick in Maryland and 200 global U.S. bioweapons lab (commentary by Stephen Kinzer)
July 28, 2021 Moguldom
This article includes commentary from Stephen Kinzer on Fort Detrick.
Connecting classrooms to Congress (Jonathan Collins cited)
July 28, 2021 UC Riverside News
A new civic education project for California high schoolers draws on the research of Jonathan Collins, who designs studies that show the value of incorporating elements of deliberation into school district and school-level decision-making.