World news | The Guardian6d ago
Six great reads: Louis Theroux’s reluctance to answer questions, Apple’s hits and misses, and boomers v gen Z https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/14/six-great-reads-louis-therouxs-reluctance-to-answer-questions-apples-hits-and-misses-and-boomers-v-gen-z #GhislaineMaxwell #UsNews #LouisTheroux #TelevisionRadio #SouthAfrica #Apple #GenerationalInequality #AlanBennett
Six great reads: Louis Theroux’s reluctance to answer questions, Apple’s hits and misses, and boomers v gen Z

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

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Climate crisis | The GuardianMar 8
Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/mar/08/did-baby-boomers-eat-all-pies-john-lanchester-truth-generation-gap #GenerationalInequality #Inequality #Pensions #Housing #Brexit #ClimateCrisis #Money #Society #Family #LifeAndStyle
Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap

It’s a grim time to be in your 20s, no doubt, but don’t blame it all on older people: being chopped up into ever smaller rivalries only serves the market

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World news | The GuardianJan 21
Gen Xers the new baby boomers: analysis identifies Australia’s richest landholders by generation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/22/gen-xers-the-new-baby-boomers-analysis-identifies-australias-richest-landholders-by-generation #Housing #Economics #GenerationalInequality #AustraliaNews
Gen Xers the new baby boomers: analysis identifies Australia’s richest landholders by generation

Those born between 1965 and 1980 own an average of $1.455m in housing and land, KPMG report finds

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US news | The GuardianDec 7
It’s still not OK boomer: younger Americans are flailing – and mad as hell | J Oliver Conroy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/07/boomer-millennial-gen-z-housing #Generationalinequality #USeconomy #Business #Housing #Society #USnews
It’s still not OK, boomer: younger Americans are flailing – and mad as hell

For young Americans, not being able to buy a house is more than a sob story. It’s the symbol of a broken social contract and a generational betrayal

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Opinion | The Guardian USOct 3
Disillusionomics: the US economy isn’t serving gen Z | Alice Lassman https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/03/us-economy-gen-z-stability-disillusion #Generationalinequality #USeconomy #Economics #Business
Disillusionomics: the US economy isn’t serving gen Z

My generation is struggling for stability in a system that no longer feels fit for purpose. It’s time to take that seriously

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Opinion | The Guardian USSep 1, 2025
Dear gen Z, take a lesson from this zillennial: to be cringe is to be free | Eleanor Burnard https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/02/dear-gen-z-lesson-from-zillennial-be-cringe-be-free #Generationalinequality #Australianews #Socialmedia #Youngpeople #Internet
Dear gen Z, take a lesson from this zillennial: to be cringe is to be free

As the internet’s apex predator, zoomers are terrified of being seen as anything but a specific type of curated cool. It’s time they learned to live, laugh, love

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Opinion | The Guardian USAug 21, 2025
Can a nation in crisis rely on the baby boomer generation to step up? I think the UK is about to find out | Phillip Inman https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/21/baby-boomers-wealth-tax-property-pensions #Generationalinequality #Taxandspending #Inequality #Property #Pensions #Politics #Housing #Society #UKnews #Money
Can a nation in crisis rely on the baby boomer generation to step up? I think the UK is about to find out

A raid on property wealth and pensions is being signalled by the Treasury, and it has sound reasons for doing just that, says Phillip Inman, the Guardian’s senior economics writer

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US news | The GuardianAug 1, 2025
Millennial women were told to chase our dreams. That’s left us burnt out, broke and dreaming of a rich patron | Carolin Würfel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/01/millennial-women-work-broke-rich-boomer #Generationalinequality #EuropeanUnion #Genderpaygap #Inequality #Worldnews #Society #Europe #Women
Millennial women were told to chase our dreams. That’s left us burnt out, broke and dreaming of a rich patron

In creative industries, my generation of women are expected to be grateful to be there at all. That gratitude has kept us compliant – and broke, says writer Carolin Würfel

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Opinion | The Guardian USAug 1, 2025
Millennial women were told to chase our dreams. That’s left us burnt out, broke and dreaming of a rich patron | Carolin Würfel https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/01/millennial-women-work-broke-rich-boomer #Generationalinequality #EuropeanUnion #Genderpaygap #Inequality #Worldnews #Society #Europe #Women
Millennial women were told to chase our dreams. That’s left us burnt out, broke and dreaming of a rich patron

In creative industries, my generation of women are expected to be grateful to be there at all. That gratitude has kept us compliant – and broke, says writer Carolin Würfel

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Opinion | The Guardian USJun 30, 2025
Are rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer | Amber Howard https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/rents-amsterdam-affordable-newcomers-social-housing #Generationalinequality #Netherlands #Worldnews #Housing #Europe
Are rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer

The city was once the pinnacle of inclusivity, with working- and middle-class people alike living in social housing – then the private landlords arrived, says social-policy researcher Amber Howard

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