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The declining fortune of the millennials and Generation Y

Ruth Tarrant

7th March 2016

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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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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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