From 'fast fashion' to 'just fashion'
Mariangela Lavanga is doing research on how to make the fashion and textile industry more sustainable.
Joining forces in Europe for faster availability of medicine
Why does it often take a long time before medicine become available in the Netherlands?
Mandatory excess is not the real problem in healthcare
According to health law professor Martin Buijsen, discussing mandatory excess does not help.
What else is going on?
Already in the cradle at a disadvantage
Your chance of buying a house, your chance of having a good income and your chance of getting a particular job is already largely fixed at birth.
As it turns out, the place where you were born plays a big role in this.
Difference of thousands of euros
Two young families have the same income. One family lives in Blijdorp. Another family in Oud-Crooswijk. The children of the family from Blijdorp turn out years later as thirty-somethings to earn on average thousands of euros more per year.
Inequality quickly apparent after birth
Data show that babies born to lower-income families have a higher BMI than their wealthier peers as early as four months.
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