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“For every dollar spent on early child development you save $7 over the life course because children with better early child development are less likely to end up delinquent, involved in crime, unemployed and so on.”

Quote by Michael Marmot

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Michael Marmot is a prominent scholar in the field of health and social sciences, focusing on the relationship between work environment, social inequality, and health. more

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