It is Earth Day this week. The theme for the 52nd anniversary of the annual event supporting the global environmental movement is “Invest in Our Planet”. Alec Haglund, IF researcher, writes about the need for urgent action to tackle the climate crisis, which is the most pressing intergenerational justice issue facing younger and future generations.… Read more »
Alec Haglund
Researcher
Alec joined IF in January 2022 as a Researcher. Alec holds a degree from UCL in Arts & Sciences and recently completed his MA in Global Political Economy at Goldsmiths. As an interdisciplinary political economist, Alec’s interests lie in the nexus between the economy, ecology, technology and politics. Alec’s research interests concern how to create solutions to issues such as climate change, political representation, debt and inequality to ensure a sustainable and fair society for future generations. In his free time, Alec can most often be found reading, discovering new music and either playing or watching football.
Regressive student finance plans will punish low and middle earners the most
The upcoming changes to the student loan system is yet another stealth tax on young people, which will hit middle-income and low-income graduates the hardest. In the press release, the government argues that these changes will ensure that the problem is not “passed on to future generations”, but the reality is quite the opposite. In… Read more »
Anti-democratic clauses in trade deals are barriers to intergenerational environmental justice
Part of the concept of intergenerational justice is that young people must be able to have a say in policy-making. Democratic systems must allow for their citizens to exert agency over economic and political processes in the first place, otherwise there would be no vehicle for translating the will of (young) people into action and… Read more »
Realistic solutions require holistic perspectives
We often hear in the news that climate change is going to lead to complete ecological breakdown if we do not take action fast. In his first blog for IF, Alec Haglund, our new economic researcher, argues that the many other social issues affecting younger and future generations can be solved in ways that can… Read more »