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Mafia groups don’t just cause harm through violence, they can erode the principles that make a democracy function.
The need to limit output to the grid costs solar panel owners up to $4.5 million a year in South Australia alone. A bill of rights and responsibilities can make connecting to the grid fairer for all.
Some economists have defended price gouging, saying it helps increase supply and prevent against hoarding. An ethicist suggests this might be missing the point.
Once paid, tax becomes the property of the government. Pretending otherwise undermines the basic principles of the social contract.
On Oct. 25 Chile will decide whether to replace its dictatorship-era constitution with a new one written wholly by the Chilean people. The vote shows how protests can change the course of a nation.
The collapse of New Deal-era policies gave rise to deep-seated frustrations. Addressing that anger will require mobilizing workers, business leaders and others to get wages rising again.
The concept of the greater good has made a comeback in Europe in an era of budget austerity, but in Australia too few of us are alive to its meaning – and to its vulnerability.
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Associate Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology
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Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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