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Inequality is bad for politics, the economy, society and climate change.
Mapping daily temperature variations across the US revealed stark differences between wealthy and poor neighborhoods, and large differences by race.
When the benefit people get from owning a home is taken into account, Australia looks more like Canada than Switzerland.
Most Australians earn more than their parents.
But those born into the poorest families face the biggest barriers to improving their lot.
While Warren Buffet’s ‘buy low, sell high’ strategy has proven extremely successful for himself, it’s challenging for those without significant financial resources.
Cate Blanchett’s claim to be ‘middle class’ isn’t unique among the wealthy, or even the 1% she’s part of. Downplaying privilege among elites contributes to the problem of wealth inequality.
Can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help replace traditional growth measures like GDP?
Corruption imposes mental health costs on individuals.
New research shows only 3% of the population paid any capital gains tax in the last decade.
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
Removing certain reliefs would raise revenues that could be used to fund a cut in the headline rate or increased public spending.
The historical correlation between economic prosperity and increased life expectancy might suggest that growth is generally a good thing. However, other evidence points to the downside of growth.
Britain’s most famous iconoclast presents a show of humour, beauty, and irreverence that reflects the complexities and contradictions in being human.
A prenuptial agreement can help millennial couples navigate concerns about student debt in their marriage.
Emily Perkins’ ‘intoxicating’ new novel unfolds in the wake of a husband’s corruption scandal – which threatens his wife’s carefully curated lifestyle brand and forces her to question everything.
One of the gifts that Prime Minister Modi gave to President Biden symbolizes the recipient’s having seen 1,000 full moons, implying a long and auspicious life.
Money may not buy you happiness, but a favourite keepsake can boost happiness and wellbeing.
Forget wealth or capital gains taxes, a straight tax on housing equity – exempting most homeowners – would be a simple and efficient way to break the circuit of inequality.
Education, contacts and luck can play a considerable role when it comes to building up wealth.
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Visiting Senior Fellow in History, UNSW Sydney
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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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Emeritus Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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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, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Emeritus Professor of Finance and Financial History, The Open University
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Deakin Business School and Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
