Rising Support of Socialism Among Millennial Australians

A new YouGov-Galaxy poll has revealed that Australian millennials have a growing interest and support level in socialism. According to a report conducted by the Centre for Independent Studies, 59% of Australian millennials believe that capitalism has failed and the government should have more control of economic regulation. So what drives young people to lean more favourably to this ideology?

Charles Jacob, a Policy Analyst from the Centre of Independent Studies, and one of the co-writers of this report joined us today on The Daily to dive deeper.

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