Sociology 2105A/B Lecture 10: Lecture 10

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National efforts abandoned in the 1980s: job creation = poverty-level wages, schools and job training out of step with labour markets. Abandoned plans for co-ops and apprenticeships at the secondary level. No educating people to make them employable. Focus on channelling into university education for a knowledge economy: has(cid:374)"t worked out well. Sweden: what a good youth policy can achieve. Capitalist (not as neo-liberal, government steps in and regulates economy more) Independence (young people have this right): education, work, accommodations. Maintained efforts to support youth independence throughout recessions: active employment policies, training programs to stop cycles of unemployment. Local authorities and schools work together to provide co-op education/work experience. At age 16, baby boomer money begins going to the child. Invest in the active level, pay less at the passive level. The main difference between canada and the u. s. is health care. Can deal with tuition in canada by putting a minor tax on stocks.

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