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Preventing Conflicts Between Generations

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It takes more than one generation before an olive tree bears fruit. A newly planted forest takes about one century before rising to its full height Generations come and go before anything can be gained from the ground where a swamp was drained and, regardless of the reasons that those who planted the olive trees and the forests or drained the swamps had, it is possible that they gave little or no thought to the norms which dictated their behaviour and to the function of these norms: to ensure collective survival.Dieter Birnbacher, «La responsabilité envers les générations futures», PUF, 1994

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  • Denis Kessler, 1996. "Preventing Conflicts Between Generations," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 21(4), pages 435-468, October.
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    1. Jacques Le Cacheux & Vincent Touzé, 2003. "Vieillissement et richesse des nations," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 84(1), pages 47-91.
    2. Laura Thompson, 2008. "Pension Reform, Political Pressure And Public Choice – The Case Of France," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(4), pages 68-71, December.
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    6. Philip Booth, 2008. "The Young Held To Ransom – A Public Choice Analysis Of The Uk State Pension System," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(1), pages 4-10, March.

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