Battlers & billionaires : the story of inequality in Australia /

Is Australia fair enough? And why does inequality matter anyway?In Battlers and Billionaires, Andrew Leigh weaves together vivid anecdotes, interesting history and powerful statistics to tell the story of inequality in this country. This is economics writing at its best. From egalitarian beginnings,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leigh, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collingwood, Victoria : Redback, 2013.
Series:Redback.
Subjects:
Equality > Australia.
Social classes > Australia.
Income distribution > Australia.
Classes sociales > Australie.
Revenu > Répartition > Australie.
Equality
Income distribution
Social classes
Social conditions
Australia > Social conditions.
Australie > Conditions sociales.
Australia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Copyright; BATTLERS AND BILLIONAIRES; Contents; Introduction; 1. Indigenous Australia to Federation
  • a Growing Gap; 2. Federation to the 1970s
  • the Great Compression; 3. The 1980s to Today
  • the Great Divergence; 4. Drivers; 5. Consequences of Inequality; 6. Mobility; 7. What Do Australians Think about Inequality?; Conclusion: What Is To Be Done?; Acknowledgements; Endnotes.

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