I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip

I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip

Economist Podcasts · 2025-06-19
23:14

The workplace wisdom that a university degree is a sure-fire key to success is very much in question—and the trend started long before AI began eating jobs. Russia has launched yet another summer offensive in Ukraine, and appears to be going for broke. And our journalists share their picks for the year’s best books so far.


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