John Hobby, IF Researcher, looks at why GDP is an imperfect measure of human wellbeing and how changing how we think about growth could help us improve global living standards while reducing environmental degradation. Green Growth has become the established theoretical and policy response to tackling climate change and ecological breakdown, with talk of a… Read more »
Category: Think Piece
Why we need to teach young people about tax
In this article for the Intergenerational Foundation, Carla Hoppe, Founder of Rethink Tax, explains why we need to talk to young people about tax, and how changes to our tax system could further the cause of intergenerational equality. “… Even just 10 minutes, just 10 minutes!” Comedian Tom Allen made the crowd at Live at… Read more »
What’s changed for this generation is change itself…
Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, contributes to our “think-piece” thread with thoughts about the consequences of an ever-quickening pace of change
Are young people more generous than their parents?
As part of our “think piece” series, Angus Hanton, co-founder of IF, reflects on patterns of generosity, of individuals and of society – and regrets that it does not always benefit the most deserving