The Pinch How the baby boomers took their children s future and why they should give it back
avid Willetts' book The Pinch could have hardly been published more timely. The context of the current euro zone crisis over debt management and the election of David Cameron to the office of Prime Minister in the United Kingdom, based on a programme of deficit reduction, have all drawn attention to the alleged excesses of older generations. As suggested by the subtitle, How the baby boomers took their children's future and why they should give it back, the aim of the book is to explain the dues of different generations since the Second World War from a perspective of intergenerational cooperation and equity. This appears to be a novel justification for public policy, but it remains to be discussed how justified or convincing his argumentation is.