10 - Conclusion

Summary

The book concludes that accumulation rules do not clearly incorporate a normative basis for determining an intergenerational allocation of benefits and so should be reformed to require regard to principles of intergenerational justice. Further, while the present generation is able, in some circumstances, to disregard spending restrictions and ongoing accumulation requirements, it is asserted that current charity controllers should have greater ability to disregard accumulation restrictions or requirements so as to adopt different principles of intergenerational justice, or to pursue the same principles of intergenerational justice, but in a more efficient way. Finally, the book argues that there is a range of legal restraints that seek to reduce the agency costs from accumulation and that the critical issue is the ability of regulators to work cooperatively to fill in gaps.