As artificial intelligence threatens the white-collar job market, the cost of living continues to skyrocket, and doomsday essays about white-collar job loss go viral—including those by Citrini Research and Matt Shumer—a top global strategist has a stark warning for today’s youth: Skip university and learn a trade.
Albert Edwards, a veteran macroeconomic analyst known for his contrarian views and his self-described “perma-bearish” outlook, is sounding the alarm on an economy that is systematically leaving young people behind. Specifically citing the mega-viral doomsday essay by Citrini Research, Edwards wrote in his global weekly strategy that he’s been making the exact same arguments from inside a global investment bank.
