You work hard for your income, and that hard work is what fuels the economy.

The key to good decision making is evaluating the available information - the data - and combining it with your own estimates of pluses and minuses. As an economist, I do this every day.

As people do a task, they improve at it.

Adhering to budgeting rules shouldn't trump good decision-making.

Talking to women about birth can be polarizing.

There is some risk to increase birth defects if you do a lot of outdoor gardening when you are pregnant. That can increase rates of toxoplasmosis.

Being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do.