evidence: Topline Results - 95% of US college students believe that the current economic system in the US should change - 63% of US college students believe their generation will be worse off economically than their parents’ - The issues of most concern to US college students are the economy, racism, and climate change. [...] Drawing on a survey of over 2000 US undergraduate college students, new research from Rethinking Economics USA, in partnership with the Roosevelt Network, illustrates how economics across US universities is failing to address the societal and economic issues students report being most concerned about. The study uncovers an important finding: that the majority of college students are critical of the US economic system, with the large majority believing it ought to change. When asked what students believed to be the most pressing issues in the US today, the top areas of concern reported were the economy, racism, and climate change, in addition to issues like guns, abortion access, healthcare, and economic inequality.