2026-07-29
20 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
Today on the show, a surrogacy scandal continues to royal German politics,
and traditional career advice falls short for Gen Z.
First up, though,
The unemployment rate for new college grads has recently surged,
and some economists say businesses are now replacing entry-level jobs with artificial intelligence.
Leaving university for the tundra of the job market has always been tough.
But these days artificial intelligence is making the transition even harder.
Tom Wainwright is a culture correspondent at The Economist.
Gen Z graduates are sending off hundreds of applications with the help of AI,
just to be rejected by AI-powered human resources departments.
Some economists have warned that AI could cause large-scale unemployment.
So what's Gen Z to do?
Thankfully, lots of people have written new books offering advice,
and I read three of them so you don't have to.
The age-old advice goes that you should pursue your passions and follow your dreams.
That's what's recommended by Bill Gurley, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist
who has written a careers book called Running Down a Dream,