Re: [xmca] technology, poverty, higher ed

[Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com>]

There was an article in a recent  Time magazine, showing the gerontocracy
and nepotism in Italy's economy, and so lots of promising young
Italians professionals have had to relocate.
Carol
On 2 January 2011 19:40, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Collete is reporting from inside the belly of the beast (is that a lion or
> a
> shaggy lie?). Americans can already feel the warm glow of this form of
> enlightenment.
>
> The NY Times story with the link below seems closely connected. It reports
> on the outcome of the higher education our xmca colleagues in Southern
> Europe (and not only southern europe) are encountering in their lives and
> work. Mind you, these are people who DO have iphones!
>
> mike
>
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> Date: Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:33 AM
> Subject: NYTimes.com: Europe's Young Grow Agitated Over Future Prospects
> To: lchcmike@gmail.com
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>  * Europe's Young Grow Agitated Over Future Prospects
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/world/europe/02youth.html?emc=eta1> *
>  By RACHEL DONADIO
>  Experts warn of volatility in state finances and the broader society as
> the
> most highly educated generation in the history of the Mediterranean hits
> one
> of its worst job markets.
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