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Tag: pensions

  • Age concern – the Liberal Democrats and generational equity

    I wrote this article in Summer 2006 for Liberalism – something to shout about, published by Graham Watson MEP and edited by Simon Titley. I’m taking the liberty of republishing it here, but if you want to read the other articles – by Graham, Simon, Ros Scott, Jonathan Calder and Simon Bryceson, follow the above…

  • The demographics of Um?

    I meant to blog about the Centre for Um discussion paper on demographic change by Alasdair Murray a couple of months ago, but I ended up getting distracted. As part of my general post-holiday catch-up, I thought I’d get my comments off my chest now, but as it was a while since I read the…

  • “Pity the poor rich old ladies!” Oh dear, here we go again…

    In recent months, I’ve noticed a marked increase in media stories about intergenerational equity, pointing out that young people today are up to their eyeballs in debt and struggling to get onto the housing ladder. I suspected there would be a backlash against this, and it would appear that the Observer has started a rearguard…

  • Tossers and John Hutton

    Now that my various major work crises are out of the way for another calendar year, I will hopefully have more time to spend on this blog. Right now, two things leap out regarding Intergenerational Equity. The first is John Hutton’s call today for raising the pension age to 68. I have to say, I’m…

  • Women: stop buying shoes

    No time to blog about this now, but join the dots between this article – with government ministers hectoring women about not saving enough (leaving aside the fundamental unfairness of a system that favours men who aren’t forced to choose between career and family) and this article – which suggests that all the money is…