ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the social time preference, and concentrate on the implications for Inter-generational equity of the widespread desire in social policy to reduce inequalities. It focuses on initially is inequality in people's lifetime experience of health and argues that equity would be improved if such inequalities were reduced. The chapter explores the speculate as to whether this way of thinking about Inter-generational equity in health care could be applied more broadly to Inter-generational equity across a broader spectrum of public services. The concept of a 'fair innings' reflects the feeling that everyone is entitled to some 'normal' span of health. The Fair Innings equity weights clearly favour the young over the old, because the old have either already had a 'fair innings', or stand a much better chance of getting one than their younger fellow citizens. The chapter discusses a different standpoint, which centres on people's supposed entitlement to a 'fair innings'..
