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INTERGENERATIONAL THEFT is supported by overwheming evidence from countless news article from the
UK and around the world all pointing to one inescapable reality: A huge intergenerational injustice is occuring.
23/03/25 The £88,000 household income you need to afford two children
18/03/25 I used to moan about millennials’ economic woes but Gen Z has it so much harder
08/03/25 The ‘uncomfortable truth’ behind wealth-hoarding boomers: Pensioners have benefited from more state handouts than Gen Z ever will
06/03/25 Crap jobs, fewer homes, less money, toxic politics. And peak happiness eludes the young: who knew?
03/03/25 Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’
15/02/25 Why having a spare room is the next battle in the wars between generations
13/02/25 The uncomfortable truth behind baby boomers and Britain’s housing crisis
07/02/25 There’s no such thing as an ‘affordable’ home any more
25/01/25 Boomers are 33 times as wealthy as Gen Z – and they’re getting richer
11/01/25 Share of 25- to 34-year-olds living with parents up by over a third since the mid 2000s
11/01/25 More people in late 20s still living with parents
10/01/25 Spiralling housing costs hit jobs as employers struggle to find staff
31/12/24 House prices have left young people with nothing to work for
09/12/24 House prices have risen twice as fast as incomes since start of this century
09/12/24 London house prices reach ‘unaffordable’ levels – even for top earners
05/12/24 Britain’s state pension Ponzi scheme faces a catastrophic collapse
04/12/24 Share with parents or rent forever: ‘I have put life on hold while trying to buy a house’
25/11/24 How service charges in flats spiralled out of control
20/11/24 Vindication – London Mayor Sadiq Khan admits housing crisis is “creating intergenerational inequality like we’ve never seen before”
18/11/24 The "Fools" Golden Generation: How Boomers orchestrated the greatest generational theft in history
14/11/24 Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
13/11/24 Baby boomers bankrupted Britain – and young people are paying the price
11/11/24 House price fall could boost London economy - Khan
03/11/24 'I can't afford a child on £53,000 salary' - why fertility rate is falling
28/10/24 'The market is broken': Just 5% of private rentals in London are affordable to low-income earners
28/10/24 Fertility rate in England and Wales drops to new low
26/10/24 Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It's a punishment for the young
16/10/24 Budget 2024: Intergenerational unfairness, wealth inequality and low growth are interlinked
07/10/24 Gen Z pay double in mortgage payments compared to older generations
07/10/24 The generation of homebuyers who really had it worst
26/09/24 The boomer generation hit the economic jackpot. Young people will inherit their massive debts
17/09/24 Gold-plated public sector pension shortfall costs taxpayers £208bn
30/08/24 Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young
01/08/24 https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/generational-inequality
24/07/24 For most young Australians, the dream of owning a home has moved into the realm of fantasy
18/07/24 How ‘Ponzi scheme’ public sector pensions threaten to bankrupt Britain
01/07/24 Revealed: Treasury minister admitted tax burden on young people is a 'scandal'
19/06/24 The War On The Young with professor Scott Galloway
11/06/24 General Election: Intergenerational inequality is the elephant in the room, not debates about tax
31/05/24 Rishi Sunak's barmy army idea is last straw for the no-hope youth of today
26/05/24 The year the state pension will start to collapse – whoever wins the election
21/05/24 ‘I’m screwed’: young adults forced by EU housing crisis to live with parents
16/05/24 Why ‘Broken Britain’ is a direct consequence of intergenerational inequality
09/05/24 The Great Intergenerational Theft How Older Generations Are Stealing From the Young
04/05/24 How stamp duty is strangling Britain – and lining the pockets of the elite
02/05/24 How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED
28/04/24 The apocalypse of baby boomers: How retiring seniors will cripple the economy
23/04/24 Young people have every reason to be enraged, says 'Algebra of Wealth' author
22/04/24 First-time buyers face toughest test for 70 years
10/04/24 Outrage erupts at Labour pensioner bombshell over calls to hit ‘codgers’ with tax hikes
10/04/24 Why baby boomers are the luckiest generation in history
05/04/24 The ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ Is a Delusion
29/03/24 Public sector pensions bill hits record £2.6 trillion
25/03/24 UK’s housing stock ‘offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy’
16/03/24 Labour is prioritising wealthy pensioners over workers
08/03/24 Real national debt hits £180,534 per person
27/02/24 Will the government address intergenerational inequality in this years budget?
26/02/24 Problems of being young now branded mental health issues critics claim
25/02/24 The apocalypse of baby boomers: How retiring seniors will cripple the economy
23/02/24 Govt urged to consider shifting public sector pension schemes to funded model
22/02/24 Boomers Admit Younger People Have It Harder
20/02/24 This is how much you'll spend on rent before buying your first home
11/02/24 Trapped and miserable: The reality of divorcing in Britain’s grim housing market
10/02/24 Young people shut out of housing market could turn to authoritarianism
2023
29/12/23 The 'wealth transfer' from boomers won't save Gen X and millennials
06/12/23 Could Harold Macmillan solve today’s housing crisis?
02/12/23 UK millennials are worse off than previous generations
29/11/23 Autumn statement 2023: Where is the intergenerational fairness?
24/11/23 The data is in: a generational shift of wealth is under way in Australia
09/11/23 Housebuilders cut new home plans to lowest since 2020 lockdown as they try to prop up prices
01/11/23 An intergenerational audit for the UK: 2023
29/10/23 From right to buy to housing crisis: how home ownership killed Britain’s property dream
17/10/23 Britain’s Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong? review – the most nakedly furious documentary of the year
12/10/23 Is intergenerational inequality holding back Britain?
05/10/23 England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report
02/10/23 Is Intergenerational Inequality Holding Back Britain?
22/09/23 Broken Britain and the return of “private affluence and public squalor
18/09/23 Intergenerational inequality and solidarity
15/09/23 Families pay three times more on bills than 30 years ago
24/08/23 Baby boomers ‘are not taxed enough’: Call for reforms to end growing generational wealth divide
09/07/23 INTERGENERATIONAL THEFT: The £15 TRILLION UK Government Policy Bias That Makes Baby Boomers Undeservingly Rich By Stealing From Generation X, Gen Y (Millennials), Gen Z (Zoomers) & Future Generations
24/06/23 Why one generation is about to get poorer – while another gets richer
30/04/23 The Observer view on generational inequality: wealth redistribution requires political nerve
28/03/23 WASPI Campaign's legal action is morally wrong
28/02/23 The fight for state pension compensation has become a hopeless and unhealthy obsession
14/02/23 My generation is sucking Britain’s young people dry. Why are politicians too scared to admit it?
2022
30/06/22 Policies are to blame for intergenerational injustice
16/06/22 Young Generations Are Now Poorer Than Their Parents And It's Changing Our Economies
15/05/22 How the Boomers Robbed the Young of All Hope
26/03/22 Baby boomers are the new climate change villains, study claims
25/03/22 Boomers responsible for nearly one third of greenhouse gas emissions, study suggests
29/02/22 How Britain became a gerontocracy
10/02/22 Older Generations Can’t Deal With the Fact They’ve Had It Easy
2021
14/09/21 The housing theory of everything
30/07/21 Housing policy failure sets up intergenerational theft
01/07/21 The pensions triple-lock is an insult to young people
24/07/21 Wren's Week: Liberal Party are intergenerational thieves
30/06/21 Britain's great pensions divide revealed
23/06/21 A windfall for the old: The injustice of triple lock pensions
24/02/21 The demographic imbalance keeping young voters apathetic
2020
Winter 2020 Our $23 Trillion National Debt: An Inter-generational Injustice
01/10/20 An intergenerational audit for the UK
15/03/20 The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future – Book Review
12/01/20 The gap between young and old has turned Britain into a dysfunctional family
2019
17/11/19 ‘OK boomer’ resentment will grow over intergenerational wealth transfer
03/10/19 The Theft of a Decade: Joseph Sternberg’s book on intergenerational fairness
25/04/19 Tackling intergenerational unfairness
25/04/19 'End pensioner benefits to help young', peers say
18/03/19 Intergenerational Theft
2018
07/03/18 UK pension liabilities reach £7.6trn; almost £5trn unfunded
29/03/18 Australia's housing affordability crisis 'intergenerational theft': John Hewson
05/03/18 Baby boomers are going to have to pay more tax on their wealth to fund health and social care
2017
2016
07/11/16 Climate Change Is Intergenerational Theft. That’s Why My Son Is Part of This Story
16/04/16 Intergenerationla injustice
16/03/16 Opinion: Why young people are angry about generational injustice
01/02/16 The Rising Tide of Gerontocracy: How Young People Will Be Increasingly Outvoted
2015
15/02/15 Here's a real plan to stop intergenerational theft
2014
14/05/14 Hard Evidence: do governments favour the old and would it be different if young people voted?
2013
24/10/13 How the Baby Boomers Stole Trillions of Dollars from the Millennials
05/05/13 Ageing Britain steams towards £5 trillion pension iceberg
15/02/13 Generational Theft Needs to Be Arrested
2012
2011
13/10/11 I am part of the most selfish generation in history and we should be ashamed of our legacy
15/03/11 Baby boomers get more in benefits then they pay in taxes
2010
05/07/10 Baby boomers: powerful and selfish