New research confirms that as Australian cities get bigger a disproportionate amount of the wealth is going to the top income earners, breeding greater inequality within and...
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An inheritance tax on the Top 5%
by Evatt Foundation | Nov 8, 2016
Drawing on Evatt's new report The Wealth of the Nation, Frank Stilwell has suggested that an inheritance tax could be applied on wealth valued at over $2 million, which he...
An Australian inheritance tax?
by Evatt Foundation | Nov 8, 2016
An inheritance tax makes perfect sense, says Thomas Piketty.Among the lighter moments of Thomas Piketty's talk at the Sydney Opera House were the economist's references to...
A lot we can learn
by Joseph Stiglitz | Oct 11, 2016
Joseph Stiglitz speaks with Richard Eskow about his new book.Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has a new book out entitled The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens...
Piketty’s political economy
by Christopher Sheil | Aug 24, 2016
This book presents novel challenges for its reviewers, or at least those working to the gentle beat of academic journals. Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is...
Has capitalism run its course?
by David Graeber, Thomas Piketty | Aug 24, 2016
Moderators: You both appear to think that the prevailing economic and financial system has run its course, and cannot endure much longer in its present form. I would like to...
The Chilcot Report & Howard’s obfuscation
by Paul Keating | Aug 1, 2016
John Howard's stubborn and unctuous denial of his responsibilty in committing Australian troops to the assault on Iraq should be held in contempt by every thinking...
Targetting health inequality
by Stephen Duckett | Aug 1, 2016
Hospitalisation rates for diabetes, tooth decay and other conditions that should be treatable or manageable out of hospital reveal how Australia’s health system is consistently...
America’s choice
by Robert L. Borosage | Aug 1, 2016
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday night confidently accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party to be president of the United States. This was history.Our money-laden,...
President’s Report 2015
by Christopher Sheil | Feb 12, 2016
With great sadness, I note the passing of two major figures in the history of the Evatt Foundation since we last met, Faith Bandler and Tom Uren. Both were Life members of the...