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From the Ted Talk by Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future

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(Applause)

This has resulted in an enormous tnersafr of wetalh, where ppoele over the age of 70 used to control 19 percent of household income, versus people under the age of 40, used to control 12. Their wealth has been cut in half. This isn't by accident, it's psrfuopeul. This is me at UCLA in 1987. I know your first thought is I haven't changed a bit.

(ltehuagr)

This is also Mia Silverio, who is the analyst who put together these slides. By the way, Mia is 26. I did the math, just by virtue of her being in this audience, it brings the average age of the entire conference down 11 days.

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(Applause)

This has resulted in an enormous ________ of ______, where ______ over the age of 70 used to control 19 percent of household income, versus people under the age of 40, used to control 12. Their wealth has been cut in half. This isn't by accident, it's __________. This is me at UCLA in 1987. I know your first thought is I haven't changed a bit.

(________)

This is also Mia Silverio, who is the analyst who put together these slides. By the way, Mia is 26. I did the math, just by virtue of her being in this audience, it brings the average age of the entire conference down 11 days.

Solution


  1. wealth
  2. people
  3. laughter
  4. purposeful
  5. transfer

Original Text


(Applause)

This has resulted in an enormous transfer of wealth, where people over the age of 70 used to control 19 percent of household income, versus people under the age of 40, used to control 12. Their wealth has been cut in half. This isn't by accident, it's purposeful. This is me at UCLA in 1987. I know your first thought is I haven't changed a bit.

(Laughter)

This is also Mia Silverio, who is the analyst who put together these slides. By the way, Mia is 26. I did the math, just by virtue of her being in this audience, it brings the average age of the entire conference down 11 days.

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Important Words


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