Friday 23 September 2022, a day that will live in infamy, was the culmination of changes which will impoverish younger people, argues Angus Hanton, IF Co-founder. Interest rates up Most strikingly, interest rates shot up which squeezed borrowers and will be particularly difficult for younger people with mortgages. Younger people will often have taken on debts which were for… Read more »
Category: Young people
A budget for the wealthy, to the detriment of everyone else
A week on, Alec Haglund, IF Researcher, argues that the government’s 23rd September budget and the turmoil that has followed its announcement will lead to disastrous consequences for the economy as a whole, and hurt low- and middle-income workers and the prospects of the young the most. The direction the new government wants to take… Read more »
The mounting crises for young people on the PM’s desk
As Liz Truss settles in to 10 Downing Street IF’s Digital Campaigns Officer, Liam Hill, considers what is top of the list of priorities for the new Prime Minister, and what ought to be higher on the list. Energy: the big one Last week, the government announced a plan to freeze energy bills for consumers… Read more »
A-Level Day for Generation COVID
Hundreds of thousands of students have received their A-Level grades having navigated another year of educational disruption thanks to COVID-19-related government policy. Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, looks at the numbers and calls for more financial government support for higher education students. Two-thirds of students make grades Two-thirds of students will gain entry to their first… Read more »
What working children in Peru can teach us about intergenerational fairness
Jessica K. Taft is Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is the author of The Kids Are in Charge. In this blog for the Intergenerational Foundation’s Worldwide Blog Week, she explores what adults can learn from young people, specifically the community of working children in Peru.… Read more »
Intergenerational Equity and the US Judiciary
Intergenerational equity concerns have grown significantly over recent decades, and our political and legal systems are skewed in ways which can exacerbate and intensify these issues. Julia M. Puaschunder, an economist and psychologist at the Inter-University Consortium of New York, discusses intergenerational fairness in the US Judiciary with attention to age-balanced decision-making. Intergenerational inequality on… Read more »
Thoughts on our Obligations to Future Generations: the links between us
Ernest-Marie Mbonda is Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the Universtié des Montagnes (Cameroon), Catholic University of Central Africa (Cameroon) and Université de Moncton (Canada). In this blog, he writes about the rights of future generations. This blog was originally written in French and has been translated by the IF team. You can read… Read more »
Penser Nos Obligations À L’égard Des Générations Futures: Les Liens Entre Nous et nos arrières petits-fils
Ernest-Marie Mbonda est Professeur d’éthique à l’Université des Montagnes (Cameroun), à l’Université catholique d’Afrique centrale (Cameroun) et à l’Université de Moncton (Canada). Dans ce blog, il propose quelques réflexions sur les obligations envers les générations futures. Vous pouvez lire ce blog en Anglais ici. Deux problèmes Le thème des obligations à l’égard des générations futures… Read more »
What an election in Ontario tells us about housing, voter dissolution and intergenerational fairness
Umair Muhammad is the Knowledge to Action Lead at Generation Squeeze, a Canadian organisation dedicated to promoting the rights and wellbeing of younger generations. In this blog, he sets out the lessons to be learned from recent elections in the province of Ontario. The wrong sort of record On 2 June, a record-setting election took… Read more »
Jaded ‘Jeunesse’: abstention, protest and the generation gap in French politics
Sarah Pickard is a Senior Lecturer at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and is the author of Politics, Protest and Young People. In this blog, she assesses the role of young people in French politics, especially during the presidential and legislative elections earlier this year. Voting and protest Young people’s political participation has been… Read more »