Why are young people having to set aside 70% of their weekly expenditure on essential spending? Listen to IF's Toby Whelton explain our latest research findings in our newly published report “Blowing the Budget: Why the young have to spend more than the old on Essentials” What are the financial pressures facing young people and how should government policy change? Here's a clue; it's all about housing costs!The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank t...
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Why are young people having to set aside 70% of their weekly expenditure on essential spending? Listen to IF's Toby Whelton explain our latest research findings in our newly published report “Blowing the Budget: Why the young have to spend more than the old on Essentials” What are the financial pressures facing young people and how should government policy change? Here's a clue; it's all about housing costs!The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank t...
What IF we introduced a wealth tax to help the young?
WhatIF? Podcast
19 minutes
1 year ago
What IF we introduced a wealth tax to help the young?
This episode explores the intergenerational fairness case for a wealth tax with discussion between IF co-founders Angus Hanton and Liz Emerson and the report author, Alec Haglund. It discusses how a moderate wealth tax would affect just 1% of the UK population while raising at least £18 billion a year which could be used to lower younger people's tax rates or even invest in free higher education. The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank that ex...
WhatIF? Podcast
Why are young people having to set aside 70% of their weekly expenditure on essential spending? Listen to IF's Toby Whelton explain our latest research findings in our newly published report “Blowing the Budget: Why the young have to spend more than the old on Essentials” What are the financial pressures facing young people and how should government policy change? Here's a clue; it's all about housing costs!The Intergenerational Foundation is a non-party-political charitable think tank t...
