The fading fair go
Garry Barrett and Stephen Whelan
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Jul 20, 2018
CEO pay skyrockets
Man trousers $36 million a year for selling pizzas!
Jun 30, 2018
Is Australia a wealthy country?
The inequality crisis, industry bargaining and the future of the union movement
Jun 30, 2018
The make-believe land of Turnbull, Morrison & Co.
Two weeks after the federal government's budget is a good time to take stock of how it has been received.
Jun 30, 2018
Aspiration & inequality
Many Australians no doubt winced last week when the Turnbull government claimed to represent ‘aspirational’ voters.
Jun 30, 2018
The inequality crisis, industry bargaining and the future of the union movement
Ask yourself: Why is it that one in four people here – in this room – are being paid the barest legal minimum?
Jun 22, 2018
Gough Whitlam and the party of the fair go
In his first speech to Parliament, Tom Uren spoke about his experiences as a former prisoner of the Japanese during World War II.
Jun 20, 2018
OECD meets Piketty
An alternative economic narrative
May 19, 2018
The disappearance of art
We need to educate ourselves about the positive impacts selfies can have on young people’s health. Once we understand that, we can be more s
May 18, 2018
Mary Alice Evatt: Art for the People
Mary Alice Sheffer was born in 1898 in the small town of Ottumwa, in the state of Iowa.
May 10, 2018
Australia's rich to get richer
Australia's rich to get richer, by Robert Tanton and Jinjing Li, plus links to all the best commentary.
May 10, 2018
What the fair go means
The Opposition Leader's speech in reply to the 2018 Budget
May 4, 2018
Is Trump right about 'free trade'?
Donald Trump’s bellicose policies, including new tariffs on steel and aluminium, have raised fears of a worldwide slide into protectionism a
May 4, 2018
It’s time for a Human Rights Act
Elizabeth Evatt recently called for a Human Rights Act to protect all our rights and freedoms and not just freedom of religion.
May 4, 2018
Inequality round-up
Following is a selection of news, research and other developments in relation to economic inequality that has not been separately reported.
May 4, 2018
Tony Jones on Lionel Murphy, ASIO & Croatian fascism
The Twentieth Man is the first novel by Tony Jones of ABC fame. It’s a pretty good yarn.
May 4, 2018
Keating & his caucus
Jim Snow was the chair of the Labor Party's federal caucus in the Keating government from 1993 to 1996.
May 4, 2018
Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right
Rising inequality & the changing structure of political conflict (Evidence from France, Britain and the US, 1948-2017)
May 4, 2018
How to deal with the past?
National apologies are the ritual whereby we turn back to see ourselves through the eyes of the injured other.
May 4, 2018
Where have we come from and where to next?
Today, I want to suggest we reframe the debate about economics—and do so by getting you to think about an elephant.
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