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I've written about insecurity among the young & how it's changing the way they see the world. "We're drowning in insecurity," says a new grad. “I sometimes have this feeling that we are edging towards a precipice, or falling in it already,” says another. https://www.ft.com/content/77d586cc-4f3f-4701-a104-d09136c93d44
Wealth amassed by older generations (see chart above) will of course flow down to younger ones. But that will exacerbate inequality between those with wealthy parents and those without. Young people feel this divide intensely.
Perhaps because of this, I found it fascinating to see how often young people who were doing well attributed their success to luck, rather than purely to their own merit & hard work.
Their deep sense of insecurity is also shaping how young people traverse the world of work (leading to some misunderstandings about "entitlement" IMO)
There's loads more in the piece about climate change, whether to have children, etc. It's based on a survey we opened (thanks @WarwickChing) for one week only for over 35s. An amazing 1,700 young people responded from everywhere from Cambodia to Norway. Reader, I read them all.
Next week the FT is running a series of editorials, with daily FREE 2pm BST online debates, calling for a new deal for the young. We're doing housing on Mon, pensions Tue, jobs Wed, education Thu, climate Fri and tax Sat. Do join us! https://newdeal.live.ft.com/page/1760891/register-free-now
