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Economists Offer These 10 Career Tips for Today's Graduates

Get out there armed with the best advice economics has to offer
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Millennials, America's favorite generation to hate, have racked up a lot of problems since the last recession. They've tallied obscene amounts of student debt. Rents are soaring. They're short on cash to buy homes. And a fast-changing job market has them rethinking how to earn their pay.

As graduation season gets underway, Bloomberg asked economists what career advice they could offer to the newest pack of millennials joining the workforce. Here's what they had to say.