US youth unemployment soars Go To Original
Even prior to the current economic crisis, today’s young adults were on average poorer and more in debt than their parents. Since the economic meltdown b…

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The lost generationGo To Original
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specter is starting to haunt Europe. Youth unemployment is reaching
record levels and the implications for social stability are alarming.Unemployment
among thos…

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International Business Editor of the Telegraph in London, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard wrote an interesting opinion piece on Iceland earlier this month in which he lauds the current state of the Icelandic krona as the saviour of the country.
He argues that the painful drop in the value of the krona has stimulated exports and stimulated the ‘import’ [...]

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VOA News
December 17, 2008

Editor’s note: From the LimbicNutrition Weblog:

The riots have been descibed as “the first credit-crunch riots”. Countries with high youth unemployment and a tradition of mass protest (e.g. France, Italy, Spain, Serbia) should be concerned about the riots spreading. From Belgrade to Bordeaux solidarity graffiti warns of …

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