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Young people worldwide fear a lack of economic opportunities – it's easy to see why

  • Written by Usman W. Chohan, Doctoral Candidate, Policy Reform and Economics, UNSW Australia
imageThere are more Australian young people not in education, employment or training now than during the global financial crisis.Yasser Alghofily/Flickr, CC BY-SA

What is the one thing that makes young people everywhere the most anxious? According to the Global Youth Wellbeing Index, it’s a lack of future economic opportunities.

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