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Long Interview: David Willetts

Having enjoyed a lifetime of unparalleled economic and social growth, the Baby Boomer generation now face becoming a burden to the generations that follow it: their sheer demographic size combined with the economic turmoil of the past decade threaten to leave the children and grandchildren of Baby Boomers footing a steep bill for their retirement. Lord David Willetts, the former Minister for Universities and Science under David Cameron, addresses the looming inter-generational time bomb and how to cope with it in his book The Pinch. In this week鈥檚 Long Interview, Lord Willetts鈥 spoke to Gordon Brewer on his findings.

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31 minutes