Vol. 16, No. 5
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With best wishes for the season to all our members and readers.
News & Views
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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 →
What use the Nobel Prize?
Tim Wright hopes the prize will compel Australia to rethink its nuclear stance. More →
Amazon's industrial relations
Sarah Kaine and Emmanuel Josserand consider the implications. More →
A historic tax heist
The NYT, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman and others on Trump's terrible bill. More →
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PAPERS
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The 1917 General Strike
Lucy Taksa draws out 1917's lessons for today. More →
Universal Basic Income
The fight is there to be won, concludes Tim Dunlop. More →
The paradise papers & the top 1%
Are we at French Revolution levels of injustice yet? More →
Other info
The President's report 2017
Evatt's year in review. More →
Vol. 16, No. 4
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Evatt AGM
All members are entitled, invited and encouraged to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Evatt Foundation. Yes, it's once again time to review our activities over the past year and consider our direction for the next.
We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker is the leader of the NSW Labor Party, Luke Foley M.P.
Minutes of the last AGM and copies of financial statements will be available at the meeting. We hope you can join us in review and can promise some exciting plans for the year ahead. Refreshments.
Details
Wednesday 18th October 2017, 5.30-6.30 p.m.
Jubilee Room, NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney. More →
Membership renewal
Yes, this means that now is also the time to renew for your annual membership.
The Evatt Foundation relies on the continuing support of its loyal membership base.
Please renew online.
News & VIEWS
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The ABS is wrong
Inequality is getting worse in Australia, explain Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell. More →
The myth about marriage
Garry Wills examines the basis for recognising gay civil unions but opposing gay marriage. More →
Born to be wild
The popular typecasting of generations is nonsense, explains John Quiggin. More →
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Prophets & profits
Bradon Ellem introduces his new book on the great struggle over the Pilbara. More →
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Elections
What's the meaning of the results in New Zealand, Germany and Norway?​ More →
Lionel Murphy
We republish Manning Clark's tribute to one of the labour movement's biggest and brightest stars. ​ More →
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Inequality update
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Labor's defining mission
We'll tackle inequality promises Bill Shorten. More →
A big blow for fairness
Bill Shorten's statement on reforming the family trust rort. More →
The challenge of our time
Read an extract from the ACTU's new report on inequality. More →
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Nobel laureates focus on inequality
Economics is turning to real life, suggests Steve Schifferes.​ More →
Events
Vol. 16, No. 3
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News & VIEWS
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The Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
A case of exceptional ineptitude, explain Frank Stilwell and Michael Vaughan. More →
Penalty rates fall
It's wrong, say 75 economists. More →
Globalisation
The OECD is rethinking, reports John Quiggin. More →
Happy Birthday ACTU
Bill Shorten pays tribute on the 90th anniversary of the peak council. More →
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Inequality update
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Fixing the Productivity Commission
Jenny McAllister wants to put the Productivity Commission to work. More →
After Piketty
After Piketty: an agenda for economics and inequality. More →
Want to change the world?
AIME animates education and equality. More →
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The Guardian joins the cause
Another inequality project. More →
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New inequality research
New inequality research on Australia, tax evasion and China. More →
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Feature: History in the Age of Fracture
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Is Australian history still possible?
Frank Bongiorno has a thoughtful look at the 1980s. More →
An honest history book?
Michelle Arrow launches a missile at recent mythology. More →
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Whither the 'social' in society?
In a wide ranging interview, Daniel Rodger discusses the Age of Fracture with Christopher Sheil.​ More →
Vol. 16, No. 2
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ESSAYS & VIEWS
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We stand up. We fight back.
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 →
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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 →
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Inequality update
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Capital in the 21st Century, the movie
The adaption for the big screen has begun. More →
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Evatt-related elsewhere
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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
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ESSAYS & VIEWS
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When truth becomes a commodity
‘Post-truth’ carries a catchy, advertising-agency ring, and that may be exactly what's wrong with it, explains Daniel Rodgers. More →
Nuclear weapons in a time of universal deceit
Telling the truth has become a revolutionary act, says Melissa Parke. More →
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Trump and the future of progressive politics
This is a clarifying moment, suggests Tim Ayres. More →
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Inequality update
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Out of the darkness
Frank Stilwell shines a light on inequality. More →
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China vs. the United States
A note on some new distributional accounts, by Christopher Sheil. More →
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University challenges inequality
UNSW is aiming at the heart of the upheaval, reports Clare Morgan. More →
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Eight rich men own as much as half the world
An economy for the 99%, by Deborah Hardoon (Oxfam briefing note). More →
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Anthony B. Atkinson: 1944-2017
Scholars mourn the passing of the groundbreaker. More →
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Feature: The IMF, inequality & hypocrisy
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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
The research by Alex Nunn and Paul White, on which the Sheil & Stilwell article was largely based. More →
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IMF: 'we are walking-the-talk'
The IMF rejects hypocrisy. More →
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Into the mainstream?
A brief reply to the IMF by Frank Stilwell at The Conversation. More →