Would-be young savers should not be discouraged, argues Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF – and there are ways that government could valuably give them a helping hand
Angus Hanton
Co-Founder
Angus is an IF trustee having helped to establish IF back in 2011. A self-confessed baby boomer, economist and entrepreneur, Angus is particularly interested in government spending, the discount rate, government debt, pensions, taxation, housing, and solutions to the climate crisis. Outside work Angus is most often to be found on a bike going to meetings with other charities he supports.
The Theft of a Decade: Joseph Sternberg’s book on intergenerational fairness\
Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, reviews a book subtitled “How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future”
Garden waste: an intergenerational issue
Councils are now charging for collecting garden waste – is this fair? Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, welcomes this, and sees it as an example of broader intergenerational policy, in which allowances and charges do not favour older generations disproportionately
Book review: “Hired” by James Bloodworth – undercover in low-wage Britain
“Hired: six months undercover in low-wage Britain” paints a vivid picture of life in some of the toughest corners of the world of work. It also – as Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, reports – raises issues of intergenerational fairness
Thinking in systems: how political change often works against the younger generation
If governments want to deprive people of benefits painlessly, they’ll do it slowly. But over time, this has disproportionately disadvantaged younger generations, says Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF
Vote early and vote often! How students can vote twice
At the forthcoming local elections, young voters should press their candidates about housing, travel costs and local services, says Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF. They could also point out that wily students have twice the voting power
“Not tonight, Josephine” – Intergenerational Fairness delayed again
Politicians are apt to regret not doing more about key issues when they had the chance. As Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, points out, intergenerational fairness is one such issue, as spotlighted in an exchange in parliament following the recent Spring Budget Statement
Is Britain disappearing down a pensions black hole?
Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, looks at the growing and darkening chasm of pension liabilities, in both the private and the public sectors, and the impact this will have – is already having – on the economy as a whole and the future of younger generations
New APPG launched to fight for Future Generations
Yesterday, at the House of Commons, a new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Future Generations was launched to promote the interests of unborn generations. Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, was there; here’s his report
Are universities even trying to create social mobility?
Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, looks at the social divisions in education – which are later replicated in the world of work