As usual, there was some very interesting stuff in the Institute for Fiscal Studies review of the Autumn Statement. This chart by Andrew Hood caught my eye.
The over-60s escaped the post-recession income stagnation. On average, they have done rather well since 2007. It’s a similar story with wealth, as Andy Haldane pointed out in June.
For many of those over the state pension age, the recession was something they witnessed second hand, either through the media or by talking to younger relatives.
What does the IFS think will happen over the next few years? Well with pay stagnation, benefit cuts and inflation, things are looking worse than they were in March. The IFS reckons that, in real terms, average earnings won’t get back to pre-recession level before the end of the decade. State pensions, though, will continue to rise.
The upshot of all this is, as the Resolution Foundation says
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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