The Institute for Health and Welfare issued an “errata” to correct statements about inequality that were perfectly correct.
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Populism is on the rise in countries where inequality has been fairly stable over time, as well as countries where inequality has grown.
The IMF has increasingly turned its focus to growing inequality worldwide. Ironically, research shows that policy reforms it mandated exacerbated income inequalities.
Most of the gains from the record economy went to those at the top, while everyone else saw much smaller gains – if any – in income and wealth.
The main problem plaguing Alberta students’ math performance isn’t the current math curriculum or teacher accountability, but inequality and ballooning class sizes.
In the face of climate change, the poorest are suffering from the excess emissions of CO₂ linked to the lifestyle of the richest. It is time to act, in the name of climate and social justice.
A former member of the Social Mobility Commission on Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to drop social mobility as a policy goal in favour of social justice.
State and local governments can’t do much about the rapid population growth in Melbourne, but they can take steps to reduce the costs of growing disparities between the outer suburbs and inner city.
Just as America’s highways, sewage systems and water pipes need fixing, so does the growing gap between rich and poor. Trump and the Democrats could use that money to address both.
The drumbeat of data breaches and the growing problem of identity theft disproportionately harm low-income Americans.
The Morrison government’s tax changes will benefit high income earners the most and low income earners the least, says the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling.
Democratic lawmakers have offered a number of ways to reverse decades of widening economic inequality. A tax expert gives them a closer look.
Parliaments might argue more but they make democracy more stable and produce stronger economies.
As inequality in the US increases, the federal government is failing to address it. Can states pick up the slack?
Brazil’s new president – often called the ‘Trump of the tropics’ for his inflammatory, right-wing rhetoric – won over poorer voters by stoking fear and resentment. Can he make them happy?
Donald Trump may have executed a hostile takeover of the Republican party, but the GOP has been laying the groundwork for decades.
We wear the evidence of extreme inequality – clothing made by workers in Bangladesh for 35 cents an hour. But we know how to reduce inequality – we just have to do it.
Conventional wisdom across much of the Western world says there’s a strong link between education and upward social mobility. Really?
Working class parents may be too busy to attend high school events, but they take an active role in their children’s success.
A wealth tax would put a price on past emissions and could be used to mitigate the negative effects of poverty, including vulnerability to climate change.
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Nicolas Herault is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Bordeaux Schoool of Economics, Université de Bordeaux
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Associate Research Professor of Information Systems, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Economics (Griffith University) and Teaching Associate (University of Queensland), Griffith University
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PhD candidate at the LSE and Research Fellow at the Superpower Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Professor in Social Policy, UNSW