After the end of its wealth tax came a newfound ‘wealth porn’.
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Redistribution must recognise that most workers are in informal employment.
As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives
to housing are supporting communities left behind.
Anti-immigration critics seized on the Ceuta migrant situation as evidence of the failure of soft policies, but in reality the bloc has become far more restrictionist in the past decade.
How finances and the economy have changed over 25 years.
How the political debate has shifted in the last 25 years.
Dads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into this development.
Stephen Girard’s silk stockings were repaired by multiple women in his household who made his enormous wealth possible.
You don’t have to be born rich to make big money in Australia, but it certainly helps.
Often, it might just come down to a lack of confidence.
Financial literacy gives women the knowledge, confidence and skills to engage in financial decision-making.
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
Most wage earners don’t get to choose how they get paid or taxed.
Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.
The case for taxing wealth has historically come from the political mainstream – so why is it so unpalatable now?
People who highly value equality and purity are most likely to see excessive wealth as wrong, a new study suggests.
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Former prime minister Bob Hawke regretted saying: ‘By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty’. But his broken promise still had a surprising impact.
Research in psychology has found a link between wealth and selfishness
Why do some young people step easily into leadership roles while others struggle to get a foot in the door? New research sheds light on the answer.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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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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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Emeritus Professor of Finance and Financial History, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Associate professor of Sociology, Boston University
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