Personal identity and individual entitlement have come to the forefront of the political stage, but do not address the long-term social and economic impact of intergenerational discrimination against entire generations, argues Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF
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.
Is mental health an issue of intergenerational fairness?
A discussion with a consultant psychiatrist causes Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, to reflect on the particular impact that mental health problems, and their treatment under the NHS, affect younger generations
What does “Intergenerational Solidarity” really mean?
A chance encounter on the London Underground causes Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, to reflect on the moral boundaries of advantages gifted to older generations in the name of Intergenerational Solidarity
Discounts for older people – are they fair?
Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, sees old-age discounts as a form of age-discrimination based on several misconceptions
IDS Resignation: “helping people who don’t vote for us”
Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, points to the intergenerational lessons in recent Conservative Party ructions
Are young people lowering their aspirations?
Angus Hanton reports on some social analysis which suggests that deteriorating financial circumstances are making young people increasingly risk-averse – a worrying trend for future prospects
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Angus Hanton: Housing and Intergenerational Fairness
Angus Hanton, co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation, sets the scene for our Housing Blog Week (9–13 March) and explains why housing is such an urgent and topical intergenerational issue
The Intergenerational State of the Nation: why is fairness to grandchildren such a hot topic?
In the first of our week-long series of articles on intergenerational themes co-published with the independent public policy think tank ResPublica, Angus Hanton (Co-Founder of the Intergenerational Foundation) identifies three key areas of concern, and why new political mechanisms are needed to address them
How government help for the elderly rewards the well-off most
Angus Hanton explains why government policy would be fairer if it channelled its financial assistance according to need rather than age
Are class differences more important than intergenerational unfairnesses?
Class or generations? Which is the better analysis for inequality? It’s a debate that reverberates at the highest levels of academic research. Angus Hanton makes the case for the intergenerational lens