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39. The Economist’s Guide to Parenting

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Aug 16, 2011
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Did He Really Know What's Really Good for Kids?
01:55 • 1min
3
What the Economists Have to Say About Parenting?
03:22 • 2min
4
Economist Dad's Parenting Experiences
05:35 • 2min
5
Momandad Economists: Your Son Is the Real Rebble
07:12 • 2min
6
Are You Married?
09:35 • 2min
7
Getting Pregnant
11:11 • 2min
8
Having a Baby Sitter Is a Good Idea
12:44 • 3min
9
How Much Human Capital Will Matilda Accumulate by the Time She 27?
15:15 • 2min
10
Why Do We Want to Listen to Economists When We Talk About Parenting?
16:50 • 2min
11
The Holt Adoptions Are the Biggest Placer of Adoptes
18:29 • 1min
12
Orphans Are More Similar Than Fraternal Twins
19:58 • 2min
13
Adoptions and the Influence of Parents on Adoptes' Educational Achievements
21:30 • 2min
14
The Effects of Education on Early Adoption
23:36 • 2min
15
The Relationship Between Culture Cramming and Academic Success
25:18 • 2min
16
The Opportunity Cost of Time
27:07 • 2min
17
Smoking and Drinking
28:44 • 2min
18
Smoking, Drinking and Talking to the Waitress
30:28 • 2min
19
Skiing Is Scary
32:09 • 2min
20
Parenting Is an Exercise in Risk Assessment
33:43 • 2min
21
The Importance of Being Kind, Even in Your Seventies
36:00 • 2min
22
How to Get a Return on Your Parental Investment
37:39 • 2min
23
Aren't You a Man of the Cloth?
39:15 • 2min
24
Parenting - Is There an Obsessive Parenting Index?
41:29 • 2min
25
Why Do We Need a Reality Based Parenting Movement?
43:05 • 2min
26
What Does Abrian Caplin Parenting Make Over?
44:53 • 2min
27
I Think I'm Going to Cry Here
46:59 • 2min
28
Obsessive Parenting Isn't the Best Parent, Is It?
48:36 • 2min
29
Is There a Happiness Penalty to Pay?
50:49 • 2min
30
Why Do We Have Kids?
52:29 • 2min
31
Parenting - I'm a Childish Person
54:10 • 3min