The idea of passive income is often glamorized, but the reality is that many of these ventures require significant effort.
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New research has found that immigrants’ income falls behind once they turn 50 and their disadvantage only gets worse as they continue to age.
Does the ‘diploma divide’ make politics more about culture than economic inequality?
You may feel little sympathy for people in the top bracket of earnings, but don’t let that stop you reading. Like it or not, their views and actions matter to everyone
The costs of high taxes on the rich are likely only to be moderate. But the democratic, environmental, and health benefits are truly enormous and could transform society and dramatically.
Amid a number of major crises, the world clearly needs radical change. But what will it look like? The desire to return to pre-pandemic ‘normal’ is powerful, but ‘normal’ is what got us where we are today.
Soaring inflation in the US has been driven in part by large increases in the price of groceries – a burden that falls disproportionately on lower-income families.
The latest data shows early access to super in the pandemic widened the retirement savings gap between men and women. Housing affordability is a serious problem, but depleting super isn’t the answer.
Unconventional policies can be used to alleviate — instead of exacerbate — inequality, something Canadians are clamouring for. The Bank of Canada needs to rediscover its former innovation zeal.
Most pandemic policies have benefited those already best off in US society and ignored people for whom neither mass shutdowns nor reopening offer relief.
Adopting a universal basic income requires a fundamental restructuring of the existing social safety net in Canada, and would not necessarily conquer income inequality and poverty.
Ghanaian consumption patterns towards fast food are evolving.
Modest changes to Australia’s paid parental provision can help address the gender gap in unpaid and paid work between mothers and fathers.
Rebuilding cities post-pandemic will start with neighbourhood hope, and strong social and community planning.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians are forced into inadequate or unhealthy housing by high housing costs.
We decided to dig into the statistics and compare the experience of financial stress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous households.
Our findings surprised us.
Canada is the only G7 country that doesn’t have an inheritance tax. A new report says that should change. The idea of sharing the wealth from one generation to another is not new.
The state plays a strategic role, but they are also driven by financial markets – not central plans.
News that Australian CEO pay has soared to a 17-year high at a time when ordinary workers’ wages are flatlining is ultimately bad news for economic growth and prosperity.
Competition between neighbours turns up the volume on inequality. Homicide and civil war may be the result.
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Research Professor, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Sociology, University of New Brunswick
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior fellow, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Lakehead University
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Professor of Political Economy, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Sustainability and Fellow of Indo Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
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PhD Candidate in Film & Moving Image Studies, Concordia University
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Honorary Research Fellow, UCL Social Research Institute, UCL
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Professor, School of Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Senior Associate, Disability Program, Grattan Institute
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Associate professor, York University, Canada
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Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco