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Millennials’ success deserves a toast (not the avocado sort)
Millennials, born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s, had a brutal coming of age. Many graduated in the wake of the global financial crisis. Youth unemployment rose above 50% in some parts of Europe, leading to talk of a „lost generation”.
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