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

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,...

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Main Author: Leigh, Andrew (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Collingwood, Victoria : Redback, 2013.
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505 0 |a Front cover; Copyright; BATTLERS AND BILLIONAIRES; Contents; Introduction; 1. Indigenous Australia to Federation -- a Growing Gap; 2. Federation to the 1970s -- the Great Compression; 3. The 1980s 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. 
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