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The writing of Emily Oster is a great example of what economists can bring to analysis of current events.

Emily Oster is a national treasure that is still flying under the radar for most people.

Benchmarks/evaluations usually consider the latter far worse, prefering jf?oster to jf0ster by a long shot.

A few commenters are dismissive of Oster as an economist commenting on health issues.

I have a set of friends who really like Oster and I don’t know much about her.

Daryl Oster (www.et3.com) has been pushing it for quite a long time.

And the author doesn’t even indicate how Oster informed his parenting.

The economist Emily Oster wrote an excellent series of books about pregnancy anf early kid years, where she dives into details about various studies, whether they are causal, etc.

[1] This comment doesn't pass judgment on whether Daryl Oster is a patent troll or not, but that's also a discussion worth having.

- Cribsheet by Emily Oster has a chapter on picking pre-schools that can be useful (and I think applies well to Kindergarten).

> In the BBC story, Oster says the train could be ready in less than 10 years.

I have talked to Daryl Oster several times and think he is a great guy and really honest advocate of the ET3 system, but I think the ET3 membership model probably isn't encouraging 'big business' participation, and the patent (while probably not that hard to work around) could be reducing interest from other areas.

Let's set aside the fact that "health across populations" has basically been Oster's research focus throughout her career.

If you can only talk to one person about a topic, talk to someone like Emily Oster.

How long will it be until Hamilton-Beach, Panasonic, Oster, or KitchenAid notice this market oddity and stomp them flat?

Daryl Oster's company has submitted proposals to Florida, at least, on building and maintaining a system such as this.