> 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 u

> 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/Unemployment_statistics http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/... United states: 12.3% Norway: 8.6% https://ycharts.com/indicators/norway_youth_unemployment_rate_lfs https://ycharts.com/indicators/norway_youth_unemployment_rat... https://ycharts.com/indicators/united_states_youth_unemployment_rate https://ycharts.com/indicators/united_states_youth_unemploym... Edit - I see someone else has already brought this up :)