Oct 9, 2026 · 55 min · 28 segments
A more diverse distribution of money and power could potentially benefit people of all ages. But to get there, what steps can we take toward intergenerational justice? \*\** Thank you for listening…
Meghna ChakrabartiHost
Samuel MoynGuest
Amanda LitmanGuestOne of the first things that we got a cascade of suggestions on had to do with politicians and two words essentially.
The political class should have term limits.
Term limit.
So Professor Moyn, this one is a, seems like an obvious solution, also a popular one amongst average Americans.
Your take on the feasibility of term limits to control, like you said, that, uh, consolidation of political power amongst the elected elderly.
Um, there is the trouble that the Supreme Court thinks the Constitution prohibits them.
T- term limits have been tried at the state level, and honestly, they only bring the average age of politicians down a tiny bit.
Um, I like age limits if we're really concerned about s- um, the cognitive decline or outright death of politicians, in part because we know politicians are starting their careers later.
But as we talked about the other day, we should have some older representatives, so maybe the best thing is to, you know, try things like youth quotas, which would, um, insist that there be politicians of different ages all the way through the age spectrum.
One of the first things that we got a cascade of suggestions on had to do with politicians and two words essentially.
The political class should have term limits.
Term limit.
So Professor Moyn, this one is a, seems like an obvious solution, also a popular one amongst average Americans.
Your take on the feasibility of term limits to control, like you said, that, uh, consolidation of political power amongst the elected elderly.
Um, there is the trouble that the Supreme Court thinks the Constitution prohibits them.
T- term limits have been tried at the state level, and honestly, they only bring the average age of politicians down a tiny bit.
Um, I like age limits if we're really concerned about s- um, the cognitive decline or outright death of politicians, in part because we know politicians are starting their careers later.
But as we talked about the other day, we should have some older representatives, so maybe the best thing is to, you know, try things like youth quotas, which would, um, insist that there be politicians of different ages all the way through the age spectrum.
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