“The Pinch: How Baby-Boomers Took Their Children’s Future and Why They Should Give it Back” – A Book by David Willetts

Oh the shame of being a baby boomer. What a bunch of shysters we seem to be. We are the most selfish, greedy, job- hogging, pension-grabbing bunch of egomaniacs history has ever seen. Here we are, cackling to ourselves in our overpriced homes and exploiting our political power to shaft the younger generation. We use our demographic throw-weight to skew the welfare system in our favour and above all we are squandering the natural resources of the planet. You know that Goya picture of the giant eating a naked human being? That’s us, all right – Saturn devouring his children. Or at least, that is the portrait presented by David Willetts in his new book, “The Pinch-How Baby-Boomers Took Their Children’s Future and Why They Should Give it Back”. Words: 759

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We have been able to delay the day of reckoning because demographic trends were strong for so long. However, the tide has already started to reverse, and our country is bound to experience significant economic strife in the future. The very nature of spending and productivity patterns with age suggests a significant retrenchment in output is coming, which is the very definition of a Depression. Words: 677

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