ROME — Assunta Linza, a bright-eyed 33-year-old with a college degree in psychology, has been unemployed since June, after losing a temporary job as a call-center operator. Her father, who is 60 and has a fifth-grade education, took early retirement with full benefits at age 42 from a job as a workman at the Italian state railway company.
Many times the future has some rather predictable events and issues. In the context of the developed world, inter-generational conflict over pie slices seems one of the most obvious scenarios that our collective future holds. The simple paragraph from Rome takes us down a path that has an obvious stopping point - - at the "Deep Trouble" sign. It will boil down to who has the most power and leverage - - the raw numbers from the past or the voices of our future. Never bet against youth and vigor.
Many times the future has some rather predictable events and issues. In the context of the developed world, inter-generational conflict over pie slices seems one of the most obvious scenarios that our collective future holds. The simple paragraph from Rome takes us down a path that has an obvious stopping point - - at the "Deep Trouble" sign. It will boil down to who has the most power and leverage - - the raw numbers from the past or the voices of our future. Never bet against youth and vigor.
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