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Human Flourishing | Professor James Heckman and Alison Baulos

Host Dr. Mary Jane Eisenhauer is joined by University of Chicago Professor James Heckman and Alison Baulos, Executive Director for The Center for the Economics of Human Development at the University of Chicago. Professor Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Director of The Center for the Economics of Human Development at the University of Chicago. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2000 for pioneering methods to evaluate social programs and account for selection bias in policy research. Their conversation centers on the long-term economic and social benefits of investing in early childhood development, particularly in the first 1,000 days of life.