Whoa. This interview ww/ Nobel-Prize Winning @heckmanequation pulls no punches about the importance of family for the health of the American Dream: https://medium.com/@ArchbridgeInst/nobel-prize-winning-economist-dr-5550da1df5c3

"Families—far more than schools— create or inhibit life opportunities." Nobel laureate @heckmanequation says some things that are rarely uttered about American education including this: "Schools can only partially compensate for damage done to children by dysfunctional families."

"I have never supported universal pre-school. The benefits of public preschool programs are the greatest for the most disadvantaged children." Nobel laureate @heckmanequation on Pre-K: https://medium.com/@ArchbridgeInst/nobel-prize-winning-economist-dr-5550da1df5c3 @ArchbridgeInst

"No public preschool program can provide the environments and the parental love and care of a functioning family and the lifetime benefits that ensue." ~ Nobel Laureate @heckmanequation @UChicago

"Families w/ two parents, which typically have greater ability to spend time w children, emotionally & cognitively stimulating them from an early age, are most effective in building nec skills for child’s future success." @heckmanequation @TheHillOpinion https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/410090-erroneous-reporting-on-inequality-makes-matters-worse