Tag: intergenerational equity

  • Our Children, Our Caregivers?

    In a Huffington Post blog Ann Brenoff asked, β€œIs childlessness felt more when you hit middle age?” Her premise was that many childless people (i.e., women) worry that by having chosen not to have children in their 20s and 30s, they closed off the possibility of having a caregiver in their old age. Earlier Jane…

  • Old versus Young in Japan

    If you read about a country with economic problems where “already indecisive leaders [are] loath to upset retirees from the baby boom who make up more than a quarter of the population and tend to vote in high numbers,” you might guess that the article was about the U.S. and Medicare. It’s not. It’s about…