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Futurenomics: CGI U 2012 Plenary Session Around the world, young people and college students face an increasingly challenging and unpredictable economic landscape. In many industrialized nations, young people are confronted with rising unemployment rates, growing debt burdens, and a consistently volatile stock market. Moreover, in the developing world, there are still 1.4 billion people in extreme poverty who are living on less than $1.25 a day, and few options for young people to access and finance postsecondary education. Yet ongoing economic instability has also served as a launch pad for countless young entrepreneurs who have few other options than to start from scratch with a new business model. From solar energy startups to microfinance-powered medical clinics, students and universities around the world are launching innovative enterprises that are creating jobs, generating income, and further developing local economies. In an age of bailouts, foreclosures, and credit default swaps, how can students continue to harness markets as a tool for global problem solving? What does an economy that factors in the needs of the future look like, and how do we begin to create those jobs today? This panel will highlight how young people can move beyond business-as-usual and create economic opportunity for generations to come. Moderator: Chelsea Clinton, Board Member, Clinton Global Initiative and William J. Clinton Foundation Participants: Tamara Draut, Vice President, Policy and Programs, Demos Cynthia Koenig, Chief ... From: CGIVideos Views: 127 0 ratings Time: 53:11 More in Nonprofits & Activism