, Guest Columnist
How to Create Jobs for the World's 1.2 Billion New Workers
Lagos has a population of 17 million, and growing fast.
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The world moves on different wavelengths. Some are high-frequency shocks — wars, emerging technologies, market panics — that spike quickly and dominate our attention. Others are low-frequency forces that move slowly but relentlessly: demographics, globalization, water and food scarcity.
The high-frequency waves feel urgent. The low-frequency waves reshape the system.