The Power of Nuance: Lessons for Public Health (with Emily Oster)

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We'd love to hear from you. Today is November 27, 2024, and my guest is author, economist, and now podcaster. Emily Oster of Brown University. Her podcast is Raising Parents. Great title.

This is Emily's sixth appearance on Econ Talk. She was last year in November of 2021 talking about the family firm. Our topic for today is public health, how the experts talk about it. Our conversation will be rate based on a recent audio essay. You did, Emily, for the New York Times on public health messaging, making the case bravely for nuance.

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