Paul Kershaw, a policy professor in the University of British Columbia’s School of Population Health, and Founder of Generation Squeeze, explains how spending on older generations’ pensions is passing structural deficits on to young Canadians A victory for the generations raising young kids I founded Generation Squeeze a decade ago to shine light on the… Read more »
Category: Government Debt
What should a post-COVID-19 recovery should look like for young people in Germany?
In this contribution to IF’s worldwide blog week, Jörg Tremmel, Co-founder of Germany’s Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, looks at a post-corona-Germany in three decisive policy fields: public health, public debt and the climate crisis. Public health SARS-CoV-2 has changed fundamentally the level of acceptance for rigid public health measures in Germany (as… Read more »
How much could COVID-19 cost future generations?
After nearly three months of extreme social distancing in the UK, more and more data are beginning to emerge which highlight the severe negative impact that the pandemic is having on the UK economy. Given that we are likely to be paying for the financial cost of fighting COVID-19 for years to come, how big… Read more »
Government considers increasing Council Tax to fund social care
Is an increase in Council Tax the best way to address the funding crisis in adult social care? David Kingman looks at the issues
Will the government be forced to cut pensioner benefits?
David Kingman argues that the government may have effectively left itself no choice but to address the rising cost of pensioner benefits
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
EDF delays new Hinkley Point nuclear plant over affordability concerns
David Kingman reports on the news that French energy firm EDF has delayed its decision over whether to invest in the new nuclear energy project at Hinkley Point
New report calls for “Fairness for all ages”
David Kingman comments on the recent call from intergenerational practice charity United for All Ages that more should be done to heal Britain’s intergenerational divides
What does the Mockingjay teach Generation Squeeze?
In parallel to the work that the Intergenerational Foundation does in the UK, Generation Squeeze campaigns for intergenerational fairness in Canada. In this call to action, Dr Paul Kershaw, of the University of British Columbia and Founder of Generation Squeeze, tells us why it is needed, and why it needs all the support it can… Read more »
New research shows austerity is favouring older voters at the expense of the young
David Kingman looks at some recent analyses which show how changes to the size and shape of the British state are having an adverse impact on intergenerational fairness