11 Sep 2012
The Millennial generation have grown up in a radically changing consumer landscape, have witnessed a dramatic shift in power from producer to consumer, are connected and empowered by technological change and the social web, and yet, crucially, face an uncertain and, for many, insecure economic future.
Watch our panel as they ask: Will the entrepreneurial drive of the Millennial generation shape the zeitgeist for the first half of 21st century, harnessing transformations in the way we live and work to drive up productivity and living standards?
Speakers: Martha Lane Fox, the UK’s Digital Champion, founder of Go ON UK, founder of Luckyvoice and co-founder of lastminute.com; Madsen Pirie, founder and president of the Adam Smith Institute; Ed Howker, journalist, broadcaster and co-author of "Jilted Generation: how Britain bankrupted its youth"; and Adam Lent, director of projects, RSA.
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Watch our panel as they ask: Will the entrepreneurial drive of the Millennial generation shape the zeitgeist for the first half of 21st century, harnessing transformations in the way we live and work to drive up productivity and living standards?
Speakers: Martha Lane Fox, the UK’s Digital Champion, founder of Go ON UK, founder of Luckyvoice and co-founder of lastminute.com; Madsen Pirie, founder and president of the Adam Smith Institute; Ed Howker, journalist, broadcaster and co-author of "Jilted Generation: how Britain bankrupted its youth"; and Adam Lent, director of projects, RSA.
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Jhoel - 21 Dec 2012 10:22am
I don't see how they're the worst subjects. They deefnitily shouldn't be thrown out, if we want kids to understand things like how the economy works. I asked my mum the other day was the DOW is, and she couldn't even answer me. We need to teach students things like that, instead of letting them just shrug and say, welp, sounds good.' That's how the stock market crashed. Nobody understood how the economy worked and they just kept buying stock until everyone was fucked.But yes, -c-
Robbert Michel - 12 Oct 2012 11:47pm
One of the suggestions made was to implement the 400 euro system of part-time jobs that Germany has been using for several years now. While it is true that this scheme cuts down on social welfare, it is also the main cause of a race to the bottom of many Germans. The actual result of this Tax policy has been that many German companies have been cutting down on the hours that people have been working, so that they would end up with the non-taxed 400 euro jobs. This of course had the result that more people had to hired to fill the same amount of worked hours, but at the same time the average income of the poorer part of society fell sharply as people were told to work less. I should note that in the German case it's not possible to compensate by getting a second job, as that immediately means that both employers now need to pay taxes, and thus the employee won't get hired for that second job.