… their own aged parents or for themselves in retirement” (Phillip Longman, Born to Pay: The
New Politics of Aging in America [Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987], p. 143). “But the elderly are …

… Some of these proposals are ludicrous, such as the one that inspired the title under which
this chapter was originally published (‘The disfranchisement of the elderly and other attempts …

… I argue elsewhere (Van Parijs ) that neither of these prima facie attractive criteria is
defensible and that a distinct one is to be preferred: the equalisation of cost-benefit ratios …

It is a pleasure to comment on such an instructive and gloomy paper. 1 Its instructiveness
was particularly pleasurable, because it helped me see in a completely new light whatever I …

… The other two concern the justification of an unconditional basic income (Philippe Van
Parijs. “Why surfers should be fed. The liberal case for an unconditional basic income”, …

… Van Parijs The facts about aging and their consequences for retirement pensions are by
now well known. Possible solutions to the problem they document have been intensively …

… It may well accommodate a dependency insurance that reduces the chance of elderly
people needing to rely heavily on their close relatives. But I would not count on its including …

… I argue elsewhere (Van Parijs 2002) that neither of these … people Belgian residents aged 15
or more who studied in … ”, first in the whole of their country’s population aged fifteen or more, …

… old age pension would also have to “justify capitalism.” This is an absurd consequence. It
would, at least, change the nature of health insurance and old age … and old age pension should …

… the elderly) and the far greater inequality among the elderly in … shockingly discriminatory
towards the elderly than one in … age groups are also disenfranchised. But whichever variant is …