Matthew Yglesias » Home Page: "the general lack of paid parental leave in the United States. In most developed countries some form of paid leave is mandatory.
This is basically a recognition on the part of everyone from Japan to Norway to Canada that having a child isn’t just a random consumption choice that we should leave entirely up to the free market. Parents have a special social role to play, and it’s important to all of us to put them in a position to play it well."
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