Social Policy and CASE public lecture
Date: Tuesday 16 February 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: David Willetts MP
Chair: Professor John Hills
David Willetts will analyse the distribution of income and wealth between different generations in Britain. He will investigate why the baby boomer generation have done particularly well for both income and wealth. He will then look at why the younger generation face much less favourable economic circumstances. Drawing on his new book The Pinch he will firmly place the issue of fairness between the generations on the political agenda.
David Willetts is Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills, with special responsibility for family policy and has been the MP for Havant since 1992. He was shadow secretary of state for work and pensions from 2001-2005 and has worked at HM Treasury and the Number 10 Policy Unit.
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Download: How rich are the baby boomers and how poor are their children?(pdf)
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