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Social security reform benefits from committee work

20.2.2020 10.36
Ministeri Pekonen ja tutkimusprofessori Moisio puolikuvissa kasvot kohti kameraa.
Committee work brings facts and contradictions into the open. Specifying different perspectives and values serves as a model even for other societal discussions.
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