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  • Why Results Matter More Than Degrees in 2025 Job Applications

    Why Results Matter More Than Degrees in 2025 Job Applications

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    Jouke Gaastra
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    Here’s an uncomfortable truth about today’s job market: your degree is worth less than it was a decade ago. Look at the numbers. In Ireland, 63.9% of 25-29 year-olds hold tertiary education. In Luxembourg, it’s 61.1%. France sits at 54.3%, while the Netherlands and Cyprus both exceed 55%. Across the Euro area, we’re looking at…

  • Will self-learning robots replace paid labour?

    Will self-learning robots replace paid labour?

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    Jouke
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    Introduction The fear of unemployment due to automation is nothing new. In the 19th century, protesters destroyed textile industry machines (Thompson, 1977). Today, we are regularly warned about unemployment due to automation (Casper, 2016; Dijkstra, 2019). In the 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson set up a commission to investigate the supposed danger of automation (Autor,…