Baby boomers go bust

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 21 Mar 2012 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 344, pages e2191-e2191 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: Des, Spence;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2191

pmid: 22438382

Baby boomers go bust

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Spawned of large families, they have an inbuilt social support system. Defined by silly, long beards, love ins, 10 minute long rock tracks, rayon, wholemeal bread, vegetarians, social mobility, communes, radical left wing politics (reserved only for middle class members), and final salary pension schemes. These are the spoilt baby boomers. Born after the war till 1965 they are a large demographic bulge. They bought houses for a few shells and beads, which are now worth millions. Baby boomers hold 80% of the country’s wealth.1 They enjoyed professional freedom, …

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Health Care Reform, Humans, Population Growth, State Medicine, United Kingdom

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