1. The article is about the UK. 2. Your link is biased. Here's a longer term more accurate graph. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S https://fred.s

1. The article is about the UK. 2. Your link is biased. Here's a longer term more accurate graph. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S 3. Looking at the historical data there's nothing obvious that would distinguish genX vs genY except maybe kids graduating right after the 2008 recession which isn't normally attributed to government spending. Pre-recession government spending was around 18% which is in the post-WWII range.