Social justice, equality, democracy & human rights
‘Post-truth’ carries a catchy, advertising-agency ring. And that may be exactly what is wrong with it and with our times. We do not live in an era stripped of truths. We live, to the contrary, in a political-cultural moment saturated with competing claims on truth,...
Inequality is at the heart of much of the world's political and social upheaval, according to the leaders of UNSW's latest Grand Challenge. As UNSW Law Professor Rosalind Dixon sees it, inequality is the challenge of our time. Rising inequality was a big...
I want to start in Abermain. It’s a town of about 2 500 people in the Hunter Valley, about 8 kilometres from Cessnock. It started as a coal-mining community in the early 20th century, and slowly became a commuter town for blue-collar workers in the Hunter...
Has the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent high level commitment to reducing inequality translated into concrete action in its dealings with member states? Addressing this research question is significant in several respects.First, the high level rhetorical...
Good evening everyone and thanks to all of you for being here to support the fantastic work of ICAN through the Tom Uren Memorial Fund. A big thankyou to Bruce Childs and Yola Lucire for kindly hosting us in their beautiful home. I acknowledge fellow patrons Anthony...
The Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) decision to radically cut Sunday and public holiday pay will give almost one million Australian workers a huge pay cut. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) calls on the Turnbull Government and all political parties to...
The IMF has responded to an article by Evatt executive members, social historian Christopher Sheil and political economist Frank Stilwell, which queried its sincerity on reducing inequality, published by the Conversation. The article was largely based on new research...
New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. As growth benefits the richest, the rest of society—especially the poorest—suffers. The very design of our economies and the principles of our economics have taken us to this...
Developments in the study of inequalityNew stories about economic inequality seem to be appearing every month, sometimes every week. Economic inequality is a multidimensional issue and the stories are breaking along three broad frontiers.First, there is the question...
We are very sad to announce the passing on January 1st 2017 of Anthony B. Atkinson, co-founder and co-director of WID.world (World Wealth & Income Database) .Anthony B. Atkinson, Tony, Sir Tony occupies a unique place among economists. During the past...