Evatt Journal Vol. 16
Vol. 16, No. 5
News & VIEWS
The cutting edge of inequality
Christopher Sheil has a quick look at the first World Inequality Report. More →
Why not protect all our rights?
Elizabeth Evatt reflects on religious freedom and same-sex marriage. More →
Tim Wright hopes the prize will compel Australia to rethink its nuclear stance. More →
PAPERS
Lucy Taksa draws out 1917's lessons for today. More →
The fight is there to be won, concludes Tim Dunlop. More →
Vol. 16, No. 4
News & VIEWS
Inequality is getting worse in Australia, explain Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell. More →
Garry Wills examines the basis for recognising gay civil unions but opposing gay marriage. More →
The popular typecasting of generations is nonsense, explains John Quiggin. More →
Bradon Ellem introduces his new book on the great struggle over the Pilbara. More →
What's the meaning of the results in New Zealand, Germany and Norway? More →
Inequality update
We'll tackle inequality promises Bill Shorten. More →
Bill Shorten's statement on reforming the family trust rort. More →
Read an extract from the ACTU's new report on inequality. More →
Nobel laureates focus on inequality
Economics is turning to real life, suggests Steve Schifferes. More →
Vol. 16, No. 3
News & VIEWS
The Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
A case of exceptional ineptitude, explain Frank Stilwell and Michael Vaughan. More →
It's wrong, say 75 economists. More →
The OECD is rethinking, reports John Quiggin. More →
Bill Shorten pays tribute on the 90th anniversary of the peak council. More →
Inequality update
Fixing the Productivity Commission
Jenny McAllister wants to put the Productivity Commission to work. More →
After Piketty: an agenda for economics and inequality. More →
AIME animates education and equality. More →
Another inequality project. More →
New inequality research on Australia, tax evasion and China. More →
Feature: History in the Age of Fracture
Is Australian history still possible?
Frank Bongiorno has a thoughtful look at the 1980s. More →
Michelle Arrow launches a missile at recent mythology. More →
Vol. 16, No. 2
ESSAYS & VIEWS
Australia's new union chief, Sally McManus, goes to the Press Club. More →
Penalty rates
The economics of the decision are perverse, explains Jim Stanford. More →
The briefing note on possible transitions by the Centre for FutureWork. More →
We may be at an inflection point
Time for realists to get real about nukes, says Ramesh Thakur. More →
Europe
Democratising the Euro zone. More →
Northern Ireland's Brexit warning. More →
Inequality update
Capital in the 21st Century, the movie
The adaption for the big screen has begun. More →
Evatt-related elsewhere
Engaging with the IMF on inequality
Frank Stilwell and Christopher Sheil recount the exchange with the IMF at Progress in Political Economy. More →
Vale Bill Leak: Don't remember him as just a reactionary cultural reactionary
Christopher Sheil reflects personally on Bill Leak at ABC News Online. More →
Vol. 16, No. 1
ESSAYS & VIEWS
When truth becomes a commodity
Nuclear weapons in a time of universal deceit
Telling the truth has become a revolutionary act, says Melissa Parke. More →
Trump and the future of progressive politics
This is a clarifying moment, suggests Tim Ayres. More →
Inequality update
Frank Stilwell shines a light on inequality. More →
A note on some new distributional accounts, by Christopher Sheil. More →
University challenges inequality
UNSW is aiming at the heart of the upheaval, reports Clare Morgan. More →
Eight rich men own as much as half the world
An economy for the 99%, by Deborah Hardoon (Oxfam briefing note). More →
Anthony B. Atkinson: 1944-2017
Scholars mourn the passing of the groundbreaker. More →
Feature: The IMF, inequality & hypocrisy
On 13 February, Evatt Executive members Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell published an article at The Conversation, querying the sincerity of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in reducing inequality. The article was republished in The Huffington Post, The Wire (India) and numerous other places on the internet. Remarkably, the IMF responded with both an official press release and at The Conversation, where the IMF's communications director, Gerry Rice, replied in the comments thread. Follow the story:
The IMF is showing some hypocrisy on inequality
The article by Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell at The Conversation. More →
The IMF and a new global politics of inequality
IMF: 'we are walking-the-talk'
The IMF rejects hypocrisy. More →
Into the mainstream?
A brief reply to the IMF by Frank Stilwell at The Conversation. More →