Posted in General
13/12 2010

‘The run-up to the election saw a string of books on intergenerational unfairness…

… the best was Jilted Generation by Ed Howker and Shiv Malik. They did not confine themselves to education but looked at how children were having their rites of passage to adulthood postponed, and how vast numbers were living with their parents into their 20s. They could not afford exorbitant housing costs, or build a career because they worked in exploitative internships or insecure temporary jobs, if they worked at all.’

Nick Cohen in the Observer yesterday – read his full piece here.