RE: Is It Time For The Younger Nations?
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I think it depends on how developed they already are. There's a historic correlation between huge numbers of young men, high levels of unemployment and conflict!
So if there's jobs, maybe, if not, possibly the opposite.
Having said that I'm sure there'll be a lot of young people in developing countries doing very well over the next two to three decades - the elderly will require them to pay their pensions - so the system will probably adapt to keep enough of them in jobs for that.
I'm glad I'm not young, it's funny, people used to think the opposite!
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Absolutely, but we can always point to certain anecdotes to prove our point and that's the fun part of debating and analysing situations. I agree with you that high levels of unemployment leads to conflict, we can see that now with the amount of domestic violence and crime rates now spiking across the world.
People just want a way to earn a living and put their productive capacity to work, if you let them, who knows what they'll unleash.
The longer we keep young people out of the work force, they less there is to pay in for the elderly and they suffer too, we're all so interconnected even if we don't realise it, nations, people, jobs its now all crossing over one another in some way shape or form.
As a young business owner, I do find it tough but I am grateful for what I've been able to do thus far and Ill keep pushing my luck as long as I can
Actually that wasn't an anecodote, it was based on findings from A comprehensive study of civil war carried out by a team from the World Bank in the early 2000s (I did say 'historic!')
It examined 78 five-year increments when civil war occurred from 1960 to 1999, as well as 1167 five-year increments of "no civil war" for comparison and IDd five main factors that correlated with a civil war breaking out, one of which was high levels of uneducated men in a country!
It wasn't the only factor, but it was probably the one that a country has the most control over.
Mind you things have changed 20 years on, it's so much easier to create your own opportunities now, or so it seams.
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