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Little Red Bottom Line

In a nursing home room. A wolf dressed as Little Red Riding Hood tells Grandma, who sits in a chair, that she is a drag on productivity. She is shocked.

In Kudelka’s dystopian fairy tale, the wolf dons young Little Red Riding Hood’s cape to deliver a stark economic rationalist message. Various think tanks, high-profile pundits and even a former prime minister had provoked strong reactions after they floated the idea of prioritising the economic and social needs of the young at the expense of the survival of the old.