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



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Autore: Leigh Andrew Visualizza persona
Titolo: Battlers & billionaires : the story of inequality in Australia / / Andrew Leigh Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Collingwood, Victoria : , : Redback, , 2013
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
Disciplina: 309.194
Soggetto topico: Equality - Australia
Social classes - Australia
Income distribution - Australia
Soggetto geografico: Australia Social conditions
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Battlers & billionaires  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-922231-04-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786429503321
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Serie: Redback