The political economy of inequality
by Frank Stilwell | May 17, 2019
Readers of this website don't need to be reminded that inequality is a pervasive concern. During the last few decades, the gap between the incomes, wealth and living standards of...
Inequality cripples economy
by Stephen Bell | Nov 11, 2018
In the last decade or more, economic growth has slowed across the Western world, although a belated though weak recovery has been under way since around 2017. In the US, for...
The fading fair go
by Garry Barrett, Stephen Whelan | Nov 2, 2018
In June 2017, Australia achieved a world record of sorts – 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth. This was achieved with a mix of good luck and good management. The resources...
Start in the labour market
by Jim Stanford | Nov 2, 2018
Reclaiming the Fair Go Scientific understanding of the consequences of inequality has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Thanks to the pioneering work of scholars such as...
Labour’s falling income share and growing inequality
by Frances Flanagan, Frank Stilwell | Nov 2, 2018
It was a surprise to many Australians when the head of the Reserve Bank, Philip Lowe, urged workers in June 2017 to ask for a wage rise in response to what he perceived to be a...
Inequality stocktake … or snowjob?
by Frank Stilwell | Nov 2, 2018
The Productivity Commission has issued a new report called Rising Inequality? A Stocktake of the Evidence. However, when looking at the distribution of wealth in Australia, it...
We are ready for this challenge
by Michele O’Neil | Nov 2, 2018
I want to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land we meet on today the Yuggera and Turrbal people and pay my respect to their elders past and present. I would...
Systematically corrupt capitalism
by Evan Jones | Nov 2, 2018
Australia's finance industry in perspective Capitalism has been analysed to death in academia and elsewhere. Thus we know that capitalism is structurally conducive to...
Return of the money power
by Kosmas Tsokhas | Nov 2, 2018
Finance now dominates everyday life in Australia In an era when households have been incorporated into financial markets, it is said that they have the opportunity to acquire...
Dental care: the problem and the solution
by John Menadue | Nov 2, 2018
In 1974, the Whitlam government decided to exclude dental care from Medicare for two reasons. The first was cost. The second was political in that Gough Whitlam felt that...