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The takeaway

At a time when students are constantly told to be “job-ready”, Nobel Prize–winning economist Esther Duflo offered a very different — and quietly powerful — message. Speaking at the 19th Jaipur Literature Festival, she reminded young people that the skills they are racing to acquire today may not be the ones that shape their careers tomorrow, reports PTI.“The entire landscape is evolving so fast that the specific skill you are teaching someone will become obsolete by the time they finish their education, and certa

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