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Have the Boomers Pinched Their Children's Futures? - With Lord David Willetts

The Royal Institution via YouTube

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This talk examines how Britain’s post-war baby boomers became the country’s richest generation and whether this came at younger generations’ expense. It considers housing, pensions, taxes, benefits, wealth, inheritance, and social care.

Syllabus

Intro
Who are the Boomers
Pay and Cohorts
Housing
Spending on housing
Tax and benefit changes
Pensioner vs poor
House prices
Homeownership
Pensions
boomer wealth surge
tax and benefit effects
politics
the age divide
wealth vs GDP
capital taxes
Citizens inheritance
Social care

Taught by

The Royal Institution

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