Daniel Fuentes, a professor at the , has released a new essay titled 'Nadie elige cuándo nace'. Born in in 1975, the Doctor in Economic Sciences examines 's contemporary history through the lens of its different generations.
The book identifies a 2008 economic rupture affecting cohorts entering the labour market then. While per capita income and real wages grew between 2023 and 2025, home ownership for those under 34 has plummeted from two-thirds to just one-third since 2008.
Fuentes analyses growth, household income, public accounts, and housing to show how young people now take ten years longer to buy homes. He also notes that 2011 marked the first year the Spanish system ceased to operate with a surplus.