Saul Eslake, former Chief Economist of ANZ and Vice-Chancelor's Fellow at the University of Tasmania sits down for a chat with Think Forward co-founder, Sonia Arakkal. Saul describes a recent shift in Australia's 'Social Contract' which has benefited wealthy baby boomers at the expense of younger generations.  And he calls out baby boomers on their own 'entitlement mentality'.

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Ep 2 Saul Eslake on 'Entitlement' and the Social Contract

Discussing intergenerational fairness in Australia this mini-series explores how we got to a housing, tax and transfer system that is so skewed against young Australians and what we can do about it. We all share boomerporn memes, indulge in the occasional rant about the boomer racket but do young Australians actually have anything to complain about? Are we just avocado eating, entitled millennials? Think Forward brings you a podcast series with of Australia’s foremost economists who think intergenerational fairness is a thing. TW: Explicit economic content.

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