A new report commissioned by the Labour Party has criticised Britain’s lack of preparedness for the future demands on our infrastructure. David Kingman explains
Category: Intergenerational Justice
Wealth in the UK: book review
UK Wealth is highly concentrated, lightly taxed and held by older people. This is the conclusion drawn by Angus Hanton in his review of the recently published Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy (Oxford, 2013), written and edited by a number of leading academics at the London School of Economics
Should we consider introducing Proportional Representation to reverse youth voter apathy?
Jonathan Hughes, IF Volunteer and Policy Researcher, considers the effect the introduction of Proportional Representation would have on youth voter apathy
Should young people be forced to vote?
David Kingman reflects on the recent proposal from the Institute for Public Policy Research that young people should be forced to vote by law at the first election for which they are eligible
Turning Japanese – Lessons from the World’s Most Elderly Nation
Matt Hitchens looks at the Japanese demographic situation, and asks what Britain can learn from Japan’s experiences
IF Schools Essay Competition – “I said I’m living in a lost generation,” Rizzle Kicks
The Intergenerational Foundation, in conjunction with the New Statesman, has just launched its Schools Essay Competition. IF Volunteer Jonathan Hughes explores the duties and obligations between generations
The British national debt: how did we get here?
The national debt is a major intergenerational issue. Matt Hitchens examines its transition from an (oft-plundered) war-chest to a fund feeding current expenditure
US activists launch the INFORM Act
David Kingman reports on the latest initiative from Laurence Kotlikoff and his fellow intergenerational activists in the US, who have launched a bill in Congress to force the American government to take account of future generations in its policy-making
Is intergenerational justice a “zero-sum game”?
David Kingman reflects on the accusation that intergenerational justice is just a case of young versus old
Boomers – Confess!
Liz Emerson has the Baby Boomer generation in her cross-hairs