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The declining fortune of the millennials and Generation Y
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7th March 2016
I was really struck by the research published by the Guardian today on the declining share of income accruing to young people compared with the older, retired generation, due to a combination of debt, joblessness, globalisation, demographics and rising house prices resulting in large and unprecedented inequality between generations.
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