Evidence on the ability, or lack thereof, of children to rise above the economic status of their parents shines light on the continued persistence of inequality, including in South Africa.
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Reform of FIFA is clearly needed, but it must accommodate dissent of the anglo-centric world view.
While How to Be Both may be set in the Renaissance and the 1960s, its truths about inequality are just as relevant today.
There is no one perfect package for alleviating poverty, but there is agreement on what the elements should be. Combination and sequence of interventions varies, depending on context and beneficiaries.
If the government had provided analysis on how the budget impacts households it may not have found itself defending its record on fairness.
Nigeria has been among the fastest growing economies this past decade but only 25% of the country’s population has benefited from this growth, leaving the majority trapped in the informal sector.
South Africa’s inequality levels are stark. The rich are super rich, the poor very poor. There’s a gaping hole in the middle and this is the greatest threat to stability.
New research shows how cities are tackling the issues usually dealt with by states and the federal government
Six hundred years separate two post-election protests, but the issues at hand are strangely similar and the mistakes too easily repeated.
Too often, we think of “democracy” as what happens during an election campaign – but it goes much deeper than that.
Some economists and others have argued smart machines are increasingly stealing our jobs. In fact, the opposite may be true.
Global coverage of the Nepal earthquake focused issues of preparedness and political instability but missed the systemic, historical inequities that made the disaster so devastating.
No party is offering a wealth tax or anything equivalent to tackle UK inequality.
British orgainsed labour has remained relevant despite the onslaught suffered during the 1980s, but it lacks the institutional structure that would make the future secure.
Our policy-makers know perfectly well how to reduce inequality and tackle political favouritism. The question is, will this federal budget even try?
Mixed-income housing has been promoted as a panacea to concentrated poverty and crime. But recent research raises some red flags.
Five years of Coalition government later, it is clear that the poorest have paid most dearly as a result of various tax and benefit changes.
Hard hitting questions were promised but Channel 4 show ended up missing the mark.
Once China claimed to lead the way in equality for women. Today, women are warned they will be “leftovers” if they don’t produce children.
If every policy decision must pass the ‘fairness test’, will Australia end up making unfair decisions?
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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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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW Sydney
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
