Martha Bicket, a postgraduate student at Imperial College London, asks, when it comes to discount rates, how low can we go?
The light taxation of wealthy pensioners
Angus Hanton argues that tax changes could ease the burden of meeting increasing costs as the population ages
Intergenerational Justice Review 2012: Call for Papers
Antony Mason, Guest Editor of the forthcoming Intergenerational Justice Review (IGJR), reports on the recent Call for Papers
“Lucky Generation”? How the baby boomers have prospered
Angus Hanton asks if the baby boomers owe their success more to fortune than design – and if their prosperity has created an intergenerational deficit.
Intergenerational Accounting in the UK
Angus Hanton explains why the UK needs to start looking at its assets and liabilities from an intergenerational perspective
Australia: A world leader on intergenerational fairness?
David Kingman explores a range of government policies which suggest Australia has done more than most other countries to make its ageing population affordable
Poorer Than Their Parents: Episode 1
Antony Mason reviews the first in a series about young people in Britain today, exploring their problems and offering some possible solutions
Intergenerational sharing of housing
Angus Hanton suggests that the older generation needs official encouragement to downsize David Willetts recently praised Homeshare International for a project they operate to encourage older people in large houses to lend rooms in their houses to younger people in exchange for help in looking after the house or them (or the garden). Whilst this… Read more »
Where are the bodies buried? – some concerns about landfill
Angus Hanton sees our casual attitudes towards waste landfill as a mark of casual attitudes towards future generations Owners of landfill sites usually know that they have a landfill site, but their detailed knowledge is typically poor. That seems also to apply to the authorities in the UK.
The Dilnot Commission Report
Antony Mason believes that this report received shamefully little media coverage The report of the Dilnot Commission Fairer care funding: Reforming the funding of adult social care was widely trailed before publication on Monday 4 July. Then it received only moderate press coverage. And then it was buried – like almost every other news story… Read more »