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inequality
Essays & Reportage
Global poverty at the crossroads
Saul Eslake
21 July 2020
Rather than handing over the job to charities and philanthropists, it’s time for Western governments to act decisively
National Affairs
Need growth? Scrap policies that favour rich people and monopolies
Adam Triggs
1 June 2020
Breaking self-perpetuating cycles of rising inequality will be key to Australia’s economic recovery
National Affairs
Don’t waste a good crisis, even in schooling
Dean Ashenden
9 April 2020
A new settlement might just appeal to Coalition supporters, and to Labor’s
National Affairs
Australia’s (temporary) welfare catch-up
Bruce Bradbury and Peter Whiteford
26 March 2020
Dramatic changes to social security have lifted Australia’s welfare performance into the middle rank. But they’re temporary, and anomalies remain
National Affairs
Covid-19’s six lessons for Australian healthcare
Jennifer Doggett
20 March 2020
The coronavirus has exposed structural flaws in the way we prevent and treat ill health
National Affairs
Social protection and the viral recession
Bruce Bradbury and Peter Whiteford
20 March 2020
So far, Australia’s help for employees displaced, self-isolating or ill has been less than generous
Summer season
When private schools go public
Chris Bonnor and Rachel Wilson with Paul Kidson and Tom Greenwell
16 March 2020
No longer can non-government schools be said to be saving taxpayer dollars
National Affairs
Time to think differently — but just how differently?
Jane Goodall
20 February 2020
The aftermath of the fires is a perfect opportunity to test the concept of a basic income
Books & Arts
Was the future better yesterday?
Peter Browne
16 February 2020
What explains the apparent success of populist politics?
From the archive
Less choice, less affordability: the private school subsidy paradox
Tom Greenwell
24 January 2020
The decades-long expansion of public funding to private schools has done the opposite of what its proponents claim
Books & Arts
“A spectre is haunting America…”
Glyn Davis
9 December 2019
Books
| What if meritocracy is almost as rigid as the system it replaced?
Essays & Reportage
Everyone loses when schools are segregated… but some more than others
Tom Greenwell
9 December 2019
Only fifteen minutes from Parliament House, four Canberra schools reveal the growing segregation in Australian education — and how government policy is at its heart
Books & Arts
What is to be done about Australian schooling?
Dean Ashenden
3 December 2019
Another bad PISA report suggests that Australia has not learned the basic lesson: school reform won’t work in the absence of major structural change
Books & Arts
The needs of strangers
Janna Thompson
22 October 2019
Books
| Most of us are cosmopolitan, but how does that mean we should behave?
Essays & Reportage
The hipster trustbusters
Danielle Wood
15 October 2019
How young lawyers are leading the backlash against the biggest companies
Books & Arts
Triple trouble
Sara Dowse
4 October 2019
Books
| Does gender and race fully explain the discrimination faced by women of colour?
National Affairs
Has NAPLAN failed its most important test?
Tom Greenwell
1 October 2019
Uncertain goals and doubts about effectiveness have prompted a major reappraisal
National Affairs
Plenty of ideas, not much money
Peter Mares
2 September 2019
The federal government made it clear at the National Housing Conference that significant new spending isn’t likely
Essays & Reportage
Want to reduce the power of the finance sector? Start by looking at climate change
John Quiggin
19 August 2019
Despite their lingering power, banks and financiers needn’t be untouchable
Books & Arts
Defending globalisation
Carmela Chivers
16 August 2019
Books
| Whatever its virtues, more free trade isn’t a slogan likely to win over sceptical voters
National Affairs
Death and taxes
Owain Emslie and Danielle Wood
8 August 2019
Despite the scare campaigns, an inheritance tax makes a lot of economic sense
National Affairs
Is Newstart really the pacesetter Scott Morrison says it is?
Peter Whiteford
10 July 2019
Whichever way you measure it, Australia’s unemployment benefit is far from being “one of the best safety nets, if not the best, of anywhere in the world”
National Affairs
If we won’t fix negative gearing, then what?
Peter Mares
7 June 2019
Part of Labor’s housing strategy could be adapted to lift affordability, and might just appeal to the government
Essays & Reportage
A rising tide that hasn’t lifted all boats
Peter Whiteford
31 May 2019
Is Australia becoming more equal, as some observers claim? The evidence tells a different story
National Affairs
Housing boom, housing bust. What comes next?
Tim Colebatch
24 May 2019
The government must make clear that it doesn’t want any more booms
Podcasts
Time to rethink the Great Australian Dream
Peter Clarke, Wendy Stone and Peter Mares
30 April 2019
Election 2019
| The central goals of housing policy have been lost in debates about tax breaks for landlords
Essays & Reportage
Expecting the unexpected
Peter Whiteford
30 April 2019
Australia does better than the United States in helping households cope with volatile incomes and unforeseen expenses — but there’s plenty of room for improvement
National Affairs
How to make Australia fairer
Carmela Chivers
20 March 2019
We’re doing better than many comparable countries, but that’s not enough
Books & Arts
Why houses cost too much
Brendan Coates
11 February 2019
Books
| A blind spot among economists has helped price housing out of reach
Books & Arts
The real story of Labor’s dividend imputation reforms
Brendan Coates & Danielle Wood
3 February 2019
Grattan Institute researchers show who wins and who loses from Labor’s hotly debated tax policy
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