In light of recent new guidelines on prescribing that are being given to doctors, David Kingman looks at antibiotic resistance as an intergenerational issue
Category: Intergenerational Justice
New report: too many graduates are doing non-graduate jobs
David Kingman looks at the findings of a new report which argues that too many UK workers are doing jobs for which they are overqualified
New research: almost 40% of Right to Buy homes are now being privately rented
David Kingman looks at some new research which suggests that nearly 40% of the former council homes sold under the popular Right to Buy scheme may have ended up belonging to landlords
Do you know how long you will live?
David Kingman looks at the findings of the recent update of the Marmot Review, which was undertaken by the King’s Fund to see what factors explain life expectancy
Legislation and the Internet: how successive governments have undermined the freedom to surf
Recent graduate Tom Hannah draws attention to the creeping efforts of government to increase internet surveillance, and how this calls for resistance in the interests of future generations
Could the government’s immigration policy end up helping young renters?
David Kingman suggests that a by-product of the government’s current immigration policy could be that it helps improve housing conditions for young renters
New data show bleak rates of youth unemployment across Europe
David Kingman looks at the sobering state of affairs facing young people in many European countries
Could intergenerational problems make social justice harder to achieve?
David Kingman looks at the findings from the latest report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission from an intergenerational angle
Do Millennials lack an essential understanding of the property market?
A recent survey conducted by NatWest looked at how Millennials feel about buying their first property, getting onto the property ladder and the idea of “Generation Rent”. The results make interesting reading
July Budget 2015: changes to student loans will hit middle-income graduates, says IFS
David Kingman looks at the changes to the system of student loans that were announced in the July 2015 Budget, and how – as the Institute for Fiscal Studies argues – these will have a negative impact on middle-income graduates