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Anu  Partanen
“In most other modern industrialized societies, including Finland, health care is considered a basic human right.”
Anu Partanen, The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

Anu  Partanen
“It’s an unfortunate fact that the United States remains astonishingly backward compared to almost all other advanced Western countries when it comes to education, because in America, what predicts how well a child will do in school is not a child’s aptitude or hard work, but the status of the child’s parents—which is to say, their own levels of education and wealth.”
Anu Partanen, The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

Anu  Partanen
“Nordic societies recognize that for individuals to give fully to their jobs as employees and as parents, they need time to rest, recuperate, and just enjoy each other’s company. This means giving workers—all workers, at the top and the bottom—substantial paid vacations every year.”
Anu Partanen, The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

Anu  Partanen
“According to a UN report from 2014 surveying 185 countries and territories, only two did not guarantee any paid maternity leave; Papua New Guinea and the United States. The United States is also one of only a handful of countries that don’t guarantee their workers any paid time off for illness—others include Angola, India, and Liberia.”
Anu Partanen, The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

Anu  Partanen
“By contrast, Nordic societies have decided to free parents from this burden as it is good for all the individuals and institutions involved: employers, parents, and—not least, of course—the children themselves. Thanks to the Nordic theory of love, every parent in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark has easy access to inexpensive, convenient day care, publicly subsidized and generally paid for on a sliding scale according to a family’s income. Access to day care begins as soon as parents complete their initial parental leaves, and day-care centers are regulated to ensure high quality. Privately run day care is certainly also available in many places, if parents prefer that option.”
Anu Partanen, The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

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