Tuesday 2 March 2010, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1

The British Academy held a special panel discussion exploring the vexed issue of intergenerational justice.

Prompted by the new book by David Willetts MP, The Pinch: How the baby boomers took their children’s future – and why they should give it back, the event explored whether the relatively high levels of wealth, in historic terms, of the post-war generation has selfishly deprived future generations of their natural claims and rights. 

Leading academics offered responses to David Willetts’ thesis from sociological, economic, legal and ethical perspectives.

Speakers:

Chair: Sir Adam Roberts KCMG, President, British Academy

David Willetts MP

Jonathan Wolff, University College London

John Eekelaar FBA, University of Oxford

Wilfred Beckerman, University of Oxford

Robbing our own future?

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