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39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting

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The Holt Adoptions Are the Biggest Placer of Adoptes

Bruce sacerdote, the economist dad from dartmouth, went looking for such an experiment in adoption data. Harry and bertha holt were oregon farmers who, after the korean war, helped place korean orphans with american families. If you're trying to tease apart nature and nurture, adoption is an experiment.

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