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Young people have become increasingly obsessed by looks, status, comfort and money. Individualism and hedonism are gaining ground. The youngsters of the new ’Selfish Generation’ are materialistic thrill seekers who have a declining interest in society at large. In a Dutch research survey by Motivaction, 50 per cent of young people agree with the statement: [...]
Now that financial institutions are being subsidised by taxpayers and speculative trading is back to pre-crisis levels, breaking the economic boom-and-bust cycles should become a high priority for the European trade union movement. This needs to be underpinned by broad coalition-building, campaigns and targeted lobby work in member states. Rahm Emanuel, White House chief-of-staff, after [...]
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