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Is Entrepreneurialism the Answer to Youth Unemployment?
Employment need not be a zero sum game if young people create their own jobs. If that's what seriously unemployed 18-34 year-olds want to do, what's holding them back?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenEmployment need not be a zero sum game if young people can be entrepreneurial and create their own jobs. It turns out that's exactly what the seriously unemployed generation between 18 and 34 wants to do. So, what's holding them back? Whatever happened to the idea of "selling out?" Also, the US closes its embassy in Syria after a bloody weekend. On Reporter's Notebook, is there ancient life beneath Antarctic ice?
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3 storiesUS Closes Embassy in Syria after Bloody Weekend
The US State Department announced today that the United States has "suspended operations of our embassy in Damascus" and all American personnel have left the country because of "serious concerns that our embassy is not protected from armed attack."
Read the story8 minYouth Unemployment and the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Unemployment among young people in the US is around 16 percent. Elsewhere in the world, it's much higher. No less an authority than Klaus Schwab, the founder of the economic forum at Davos, calls that a " catastrophe ," but one that can be solved by entrepreneurialism. Kids who can't find jobs can go out and create their own.
Read the story37 minRussians Drill to Lake Vostok, Two Miles below Antarctic Ice
One of the biggest lakes in the world is two miles below Antarctica, covered by ice for thousands of years. Russian researchers claim they've already broken through the icy surface of Lake Vostok; the US is reportedly not far behind. What will happen when the seal is broken?
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