Monday, March 19, 2012

Deep Trouble

The opening paragraph in The New York TimesStuck in Recession, Italy Takes on Labor Laws That Divide Generations,  highlights a huge problem for the developed world - -

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.

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