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Childcare in the US Is an Unaffordable Mess. We Should Look to Finland and Quebec.
The US childcare system is a crazy quilt of unaffordable, marketized options for working families. We could learn from Finland and Quebec, which treat high-quality childcare as a basic right underwritten by the state, not a money-making opportunity.