The Spectator

The generations game

issue 31 March 2012

‘When the Cold War ended, we thought we were going to have a clash of civilisations,’ wrote the American author and businessman David Rothkopf. ‘It turns out we’re having a clash of generations.’ As the aftermath of last week’s ­Budget demonstrated, this clash is well under way in Britain.

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