{"product_id":"9781785902000","title":"The War On The Old","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe war on the old has been declared.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the post-Brexit world, intergenerational conflict has become a visible phenomenon. There is an overwhelming sense of blame from younger generations: it was 'the wrinklies', the grey-haired plutocracy, who voted Leave; who are overburdening hospitals, shutting the youth out of the housing market and hoarding accumulated wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 2020, we are told, one in five Britons will be pensioners, and living a longer retirement than ever before. 'A good thing', politicians add, through gritted teeth. The truth is that for them, 'the old' are a social, economic and political inconvenience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Sutherland (age 78, and feeling keenly what he writes about) examines this intergenerational combat as a new kind of war in which institutional neglect and universal indifference to the old has reached aggressive, and routinely lethal, levels. This is a book which sets out to provoke but in the process tells some deep and inconvenient truths, revealing something British society would rather not think about.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301105516784,"sku":"9781785902000","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785902000_p0.jpg?v=1763729049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785902000","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}