Emily Oster Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I tell my micro students everything I teach them is important, but the truth is that some things are more useful than others, and opportunity cost is near the top.”

“I've always loved doing research. I remember doing a research project on the Babylonian numeral system in the eighth grade and thinking, 'This is pretty awesome - is this really a job you can have?' This led me toward a career as an academic, although it took me until college to realise that economics was the right field.”

“If you have a traditional view of economics, you're probably thinking of Ben Bernanke making Fed policy, or the guys creating financial derivatives at Goldman Sachs.”

“The biggest food-related risk in pregnancy is listeria. It's a dangerous bacteria, to which pregnant women are especially susceptible, that can lead to miscarriage or stillbirth.”

“As people do a task, they improve at it.”

“To put it mildly, I'm not crazy about the implication that pregnant women are incapable of deciding for themselves.”

“When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I'm an economist, they usually ask about stock tips.”

“Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.”

“In short, humans are programmed to get bored.”

“Almost every woman I have spoken to about pregnancy has a story about her doctor giving her a hard time about her weight. Later in my pregnancy it felt like all of my time with my doctor was focused on how fat I was getting - so fat!”