Are we dis-counting young people’s futures

This short pamphlet explains why the “discount rate” is an intergenerational fairness issue and how the setting of it can tie the hands of younger and future generations. We are grateful to the Young Liberals, the Young Fabians, and the Young Greens, for contributing both to the pamphlet and to the debate that surrounded it.… Read more »

Left Behind: A decade of intergenerational unfairness

The Intergenerational Foundation will be 10 years old in 2021 and this research report investigates how young people have fared over the past decade as well as during COVID-19. We are most grateful to Curtis Banks for supporting this research:   Key findings: Young people have lived through a decade of intergenerational unfairness, with COVID-19… Read more »

Intergenerational Justice Prize 2022

WIN up to €10,000 and publication in an academic journal How can we protect future generations from existential risks, which we define as all potential dangers that could destroy humanity or deprive it of its potential? You could win up to €10,000 by entering our essay competition, run in partnership with the Foundation for the… Read more »