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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816453403321
• Autore: Leigh Andrew
• 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; 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.