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The elderly are driving the recovery. It's time for generational jihadists to say 'thanks'

The elderly are being scapegoated for the economic misfortunes of the young – when in fact they are driving the recovery

27 July 2013

9:00 AM

27 July 2013

9:00 AM

You can blame it on David Willetts. A while back, he published a book called The Pinch arguing that the older generation had swindled the young out of their rightful economic inheritance and should give it back. Baby boomers (those born soon after the war) had enjoyed free university tuition, affordable housing and a thriving economy.

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Melanie Phillips is a Daily Mail columnist and publisher of emBooks. She debates Shiv Malik, co-author of Jilted Generation, on this week’s ‘View from 22’:  spectator.co.uk/podcast

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