Educated Unemployed And Frustrated Summary

In the article “Educated, Unemployed and Frustrated,” Matthew C. Klein makes effective arguments through his use of statistics and credible background; in addition to Klein’s arguments, his tone gives the article a persuasive approach. Klein’s use of personal devotion to the topic and critical reasoning also make his argument on the young and unemployed graduate students extremely effective by persuading his readers to have an attitude such as the one he is expressing. The author has obvious success through his credibility, personal devotion, and critical reasoning, yet he is also able to exchange a powerful and persuasive tone, leaving his readers with a high sense of concern in the matter of unemployment in the younger generation.
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Klein’s background is given as an introduction to the article stating that he “is a research associate in international economics and finance at the Council on Foreign Relations” (Klein 484). This type of introduction provides the author’s authority and provides readers with a sense of trust on the information in the article. Throughout the article he is gripping his reader’s attention by stating specific statistics regarding the topic of unemployed college and graduate students. “In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in January an official unemployment rate of 21 percent for workers ages 16 to 24” (Klein 484). This quote provides more information to really drill his point to the reader. He continues to add information to real international scenarios such as “in Italy, Portugal and Spain, about one-fourth of college graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed” in order to prove his validity about unemployment rates (Klein 484). By establishing credibility in the author’s background and throughout the article by using statistics, the reader is further urged to agree with the