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National affairs Climate change and the intellectual decline of the right John Quiggin 18 August 2014 No arguments seem to sway right-wing politicians and commentators in the United States and Australia, says John Quiggin. Will we have to wait for demography to do its work? Essays & reportage How Thomas Piketty found a mass audience, and what it means for public policy John Quiggin 30 May 2014 Thomas Piketty’s phenomenally successful Capital confirms that Western countries are becoming less equal. John Quiggin looks at how he fits into a… National affairs Injecting a dose of science John Quiggin 6 September 2013 Opposition to vaccination has something in common with well-funded anti-science lobbies, writes John Quiggin, but its roots in genuine confusion mean it should be handled… National affairs The land of the long white mirage John Quiggin 21 August 2013 Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey think that New Zealand’s economic policies have worked well. They’re wrong, writes John Quiggin