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The huge rock ’n’ roll generation is sticking its few kids with the bill
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The rise of the revolutionary retiree

The huge rock ’n’ roll generation is sticking its few kids with the bill.

Apocalyptic warnings by mainstream politicians are doomed to fail

Tight regulation is largely to blame

It has moderated, but offers little hope of growth-boosting reform