Antony Mason reports on the appearance of Angus Hanton in the latest episode of this BBC Radio 4 series, which focused on Inheritance
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What do we owe the looters?
Liz Emerson asks where ultimately the responsibility lies for London’s riots
How much are we willing to sacrifice for the future?
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 »