While college majors may seem irrelevant to employers who say they mainly want to hire young people who can think critically and communicate well, that doesn’t mean all majors are created equal. Engineering grads of 2013, like Evans, will still earn far higher salaries, on average.

Australia’s regulatory environment for entrepreneurs is friendly, and the country is admirably open to skilled immigration. In an annual survey of global entrepreneurship, 54% of adult Australians said they were interested in starting their own business, compared with nearly 70% of Italians. But 19% of Australians actually began the process, the highest proportion of the 21 countries in the... More