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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464480203321

Autore

Leigh Andrew

Titolo

Battlers & billionaires : the story of inequality in Australia / / Andrew Leigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Victoria : , : Redback, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-922231-04-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Redback ; ; v.1

Disciplina

309.194

Soggetti

Equality - Australia

Social classes - Australia

Income distribution - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Copyright; BATTLERS AND BILLIONAIRES; Contents; Introduction; 1. Indigenous Australia to Federation - a Growing Gap; 2. Federation to the 1970's - the Great Compression; 3. The 1980's 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

Sommario/riassunto

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, Australian inequality rose through the nineteenth century. Then we became more equal again, with inequality falling markedly from the 1920's to the 1970's. Now, inequality is returning to the heights of the 1920's. Leigh shows that while inequality can fuel growth, it also poses dangers to society.