At the end of last year, The World Economic Forum published their Global Agenda 2015 report, which summarized the top 10 issues that were thought to dominate the world over the upcoming 12 to 18 months. The identified trends range across the social, economic and political sphere and, naturally, many of these trends have implications […]
Not Enough Jobs Now, But Will There Be Enough Workers Soon?
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis many countries are still battling with high unemployment rates. According to the recent overview of European economies provided in The Economist, youth unemployment in Greece and Spain is still around 50%, while in Croatia and Portugal it is well above 40%. Although the unemployment trends since 2013 […]
The Eurozone’s Most Glaring Imbalance: Southern European Unemployment vs. German Labor Shortages
Several economic publications and stats suggest that since the outbreak of the global financial crisis in 2008, the unemployment rates in European countries have only risen. According to Global Research, by today the number of unemployed workers in Spain and France has reached all-time highs. The same disturbing figures are also seen in Greece, Portugal, […]