"Young people ought not to be idle. It is very bad for them," said Margaret Thatcher many years ago. She was right: there are few worse things 21 society can do to its young 22 to leave them in uncertainty. Those who start their 23 on the unemployment pension are more likely to have lower wages and more spells of joblessness 24 in life, 25 they lose out on the chance to 26 skills and serf-confidence in their formative years. 27 more young people are idle than ever. 28 how you measure them, the number of young people without a job is nearly as large as the population of America. Two factors 29 a big part. First, the long slowdown in the West has reduced 30 for labour, and it is easier to 31 hiring young people than it is to fire older workers. Second, in emerging economies population growth is fastest in countries withdysfunctional(失调的) labour markets, 32 India and Egypt.The most obvious way to 33 this problem is to reignite growth. That is easier said than done in a world plagued by debt, and is anyway only a 34 answer. The countries where the problem is worst suffered from high youth unemployment 35 their economies were growing. 36 the recession companies have continued to complain that they cannot find young people with the right skills. This 37 the importance of two other 38 : reforming labour markets and improving education. These are 39 prescriptions, but ones that need to be 40 with both a new vigour and a new twist.

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