Why today’s graduates are screwed
The bottom has fallen out of the job market
Pity the ambitious youngster. For decades the path to a nice life was clear: go to university, find a graduate job, then watch the money come in. Today’s hard-working young, however, seem to have fewer options than before.
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This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Crammed and damned”
Finance & economics
June 21st 2025- Why today’s graduates are screwed
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- Investors ignore world-changing news. Rightly
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Japan has been hit by investing fever
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Trump’s trade deals try a creative way to hobble China
To appease the world’s biggest market, countries must anger the world’s biggest trader
The great dealmaker is conspicuously short of trade deals
Donald Trump issues threats—and grants deadline extensions
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Jiangsu’s party cadres find success with a bizarre idea
How America’s economy is dodging disaster
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs