Evidensia - informing action for a sustainable future. The Right Social Policies Can Promote Intergenerational Ethics. Home > Ideas > Innovations Make a Comment By Jan Hofmeyer | September 6, 2013 When economies fail to keep up with the demands of their societies, questions of fairness in the allocation of public resources force their way to the top of the agenda. The impact of the American subprime fiasco and the European sovereign debt crisis, as well as the suffocating impact of the austerity that followed the latter, has prompted reflection on aging societies and the legacies they leave. The return of intergenerational justice as a central theme in the global policy discourse is therefore apt.
Workers in several Southern European states have in recent years seen their pension benefits slashed and their pensionable ages increased. Will their futures be as dim as opinion polling of this population segment suggests? Bertelsmann Foundation recently released a study on "Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies" as part of its project on Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). The Effect of Policy. Www.greenhousethinktank.org/files/greenhouse/home/Guardians_inside_final.pdf. NORML.org - Working to Reform Marijuana Laws. FERN | tracking EU policies, focusing on forests. Regulation | Sense & Sustainability. Green Shadow Cabinet.
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