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From the Ted Talk by Geoff Mulgan: Post-crash, investing in a better world
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But when I was here, a lot of my fellow _________ were in a very different situation, _______ school at a time then of _______ _______ youth unemployment, and ___________ hitting a brick wall in terms of their opportunities. And I spent quite a lot of time with them rather than in punts. And they were people who were not short of wit, or grace or energy, but they had no hope, no jobs, no prospects. And when people aren't allowed to be useful, they soon think that they're useless. And although that was great for the music business at the time, it wasn't much good for anything else. And ever since then, I've wondered why it is that capitalism is so amazingly _________ at some things, but so inefficient at others, why it's so __________ in some ways and so un-innovative in others.
Solution
- rapidly
- innovative
- growing
- efficient
- leaving
- essentially
- teenagers
Original Text
But when I was here, a lot of my fellow teenagers were in a very different situation, leaving school at a time then of rapidly growing youth unemployment, and essentially hitting a brick wall in terms of their opportunities. And I spent quite a lot of time with them rather than in punts. And they were people who were not short of wit, or grace or energy, but they had no hope, no jobs, no prospects. And when people aren't allowed to be useful, they soon think that they're useless. And although that was great for the music business at the time, it wasn't much good for anything else. And ever since then, I've wondered why it is that capitalism is so amazingly efficient at some things, but so inefficient at others, why it's so innovative in some ways and so un-innovative in others.
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