The boomer generation hit the economic jackpot. Young people will inherit their massive debts
- Written by Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University

Young people in Britain could be forgiven for despairing at the financial pressures they face – and feeling that previous generations enjoyed a much fairer economic environment. Then just to add to their worries about home ownership and a precarious jobs market, along comes the gloomy announcement that the UK’s...