Xiao Mei, PhD candidate from Cambridge University, looks at the response of retirees to a Red Culture campaign in China, and compares this to the new attitudes of youth
Antony Mason
Could a land value tax ease the housing crisis?
Heather Wetzel, Vice Chair of the Labour Land Campaign, responds to the recent IF housing report, and makes the case for a land value tax
Intergenerational fairness, the Middle Ages and immigration
Angus Hanton foresees a scarcity value for future labour, but other forces could undermine its potential for improving the fortunes of the young in the workplace
Scrap the EMA, kick away another ladder
Josie Delves sees the scrapping of the Education Maintenance Allowance as symptomatic of a government that has shown a distinct reluctance to invest in youth – and her generation
The Default Retirement Age and Lump of Labour Fallacy
Antony Mason tries to untangle the intergenerational outcome of the increasing number of retirement-age workers in the labour market
Why are civil service jobs so attractive to Chinese youth?
Dun Mao, of Fudan University in Shanghai, looks at the broader implications of the Chinese civil service’s magnet for talent
Intergenerational Practice vs Intergenerational Justice
Antony Mason sees the potential for conflict, but argues that finding common ground serves all parties better
Sharing the cake – an intergenerational dilemma
Angus Hanton shows how the cake analogy is a useful way of seeing the difficulties of apportioning the burden of intergenerational legacies, such as carbon emissions
Youth unemployment: A global problem
David Kingman looks at youth unemployment around the world, its causes and some possible solutions
What might the ultimatum game say about intergenerational fairness?
Angus Hanton suggests that the younger generation may be in danger of accepting an intergenerational deal that sells them short