[IanCal]

> But I do think think that countries which offer a great deal of socialized benefits (such as Finland, Norway, Sweden etc.) have a significant problem with a unemployment in the youngest generation of the labor force.

Youth unemployment in Norway is significantly lower than in the US, using the data from ycharts which should be from here: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...

United states: 12.3%

Norway: 8.6%

https://ycharts.com/indicators/norway_youth_unemployment_rat...

https://ycharts.com/indicators/united_states_youth_unemploym...

Edit - I see someone else has already brought this up :)