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

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

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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1:00.8

The Economist.

1:07.9

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer.

1:12.4

And I'm Rosie Bloor. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world.

1:22.1

Summer is here in the Northern Hemisphere, and in Ukraine, that means yet another brutal Russian offensive.

1:28.9

But this one seems different. Captured Russian officers say that they, and President Vladimir Putin,

1:35.1

see it as the final assault, round 12, endgame.

1:41.0

And this is the moment in the year when my summer holiday finally comes into view,

1:46.1

and I'm already dreaming of having time to read.

1:49.3

To help me plan, and you too, my colleagues have come up with a list of the best books of the year so far.

1:59.4

First up, though... For decades, the plan for ambitious youngsters was simple.

2:11.6

Step one, go to university.

2:13.6

Step two, find a graduate job.

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