
39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting
Freakonomics Radio
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Orphans Are More Similar Than Fraternal Twins
Economist who wrote selfish reasons to have more kids, was reading every piece of twins research he could find. He'd end up having boys himself, but his fascination predated the birth. The big point being that we have a sample of tadoptes for whom they were effectively randomly assigned to their adopted parents. And that was the big deal in that study.
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