Following the ongoing rioting in until-now-calm Sweden [4], we thought it interesting to revisit the increasing chance of more broad-based social unrest in Europe [5]. With the summer rapidly approaching, austerity still heavy in the air (well fauxsterity at least [6]), there is a massive and growing divide not only between core and peripheral nations' youth unemployment but also within a nation. For instance, while Greece tops the overall youth unemployment level in Europe, 4 of the Top 5 regions (some with youth unemployment levels of over 70%) are from Spain. As lip-service is paid to addressing this pressing issue by the French and Germans (who themselves are increasingly at loggerheads over policy), as Bloomberg's Niraj Shah notes, the chasm between the rich and poor in Europe continues to gap ever wider.
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