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Giving every child a future
A professor’s experience with employer matched retirement savings—and conversations with mothers blocked from saving by welfare rules—inspired a new approach to
By Michael Sherraden · 2026-09-10T09:05:24.527Z
A professor’s experience with employer matched retirement savings—and conversations with mothers blocked from saving by welfare rules—inspired a new approach to poverty policy. The article traces Michael Sherraden’s development of Child Development Accounts, designed to help children build assets from birth, and examines how research can reshape economic opportunity.
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