Leading Economist Claims Terrorism & Inequality Link

A top economist Thomas Piketty has said in a recent article in a French Newspaper Le Monde that income inequality plays a big part in fueling radical Islamic terrorism that originates in the Middle East.

Piketty, famous for his best-selling book Capital in the 21st Century, which argues global inequality has massively widened in recent decades, wrote in French newspaper Le Monde recently that "it's obvious: terrorism feeds on the powder key of Middle Eastern inequality, that we [the West] have largely contributed to creating."

In the Middle East is the extraordinarily high rate of youth unemployment.

Unemployment for people ages 15 to 24 in the region is nearly 25 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund. 

Unemployment is higher for people who are highly educated in the Middle East and North Africa. Total unemployment for those with a tertiary education (more than high school) is above 15 percent in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, according to the IMF.

Young people come out of school without the skills businesses are looking for, and there's little training available for them. Terrorism tends to come from those with a certain amount of education according to studies.

Bombing ISIS is one answer, another might be to get people into gainful employment with prospects of a decent future. Particularly the immigrant population that so often feels alienated and disadvantaged. 

Original information source: Le Monde,Huffington Post