The Age of Deferment

'The Age of Deferment' - Volume One - is a powerful eyewitness account of the state of the world between the years 2008 and 2023.

Drawing on numerous examples from the author's own experience, as well as knowledge gained from his wide reading in history, philosophy and economics, the book is a rare blend of profound insight and often amusing quotidian detail, delivered in a prose that is honest, impassioned and down-to-earth.

The central insight is this: that the great challenge of the 21st century is a demographic one. We live in ageing societies whose populations and economies are now bound to contract. That nothing has been done about this historic problem over the last 15 years has been the key factor in politics and society at large.

As Traitor says in his Introduction:

For me, the most salient psychological experience of the era was a sense of deferment, of real life always buffering at some indeterminate point over the horizon, and never being enjoyed in the here and now.

Volume One of 'The Age of Deferment' looks at the systemic causes for this experience, which I know others shared.

The book covers such important topics as:

• Political Inertia
• Housing
• Generational Inequality
• Mass Indebtedness
• Friendship
• The Family
• Isolation

An extract can be read here: https://hangthetraitor.medium.com/the-age-of-deferment-the-family-e5dbb14600a9

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