Take a look at the chart below from our partner Statsta. It’s a look at youth unemployment in selected areas of the world. In the Middle East, the jobless rate is nearly 30%–higher than the U.S. at the height of the Great Depression. Numbers like those point to the great unfulfilled promises of the Arab Spring, a chronic, endless cycle of disillusionment and economic stagnation that will almost certainly rob another entire generation of their future and breed political unrest. It’s a problem that’s actually far more dangerous to the world than the rise of ISIS or disease outbreaks like Ebola–and likely far more intractable.
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Yes U.S. Jobs Picture Is Bright, But Here’s Another Unemployment Chart Worth Worrying About.
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