Intergenerational Equality
Are we facing issues of intergenerational inequality ? Over the last few decades, to what extent has an artificially high standard of living and accumulation of capital and assets been enabled by the leveraging of natural resources at unsustainable levels and the creation of growth fed economic instruments ? When viewed objectively it is apparent that the levels of consumption experienced cannot be supported by the environmental infrastructure. It is estimated that we started consuming the ‘capital’ of our natural resources in the…