Inside Story

National affairs The budget, fairness and class warfare Peter Whiteford 5 August 2014 The post-budget debate reveals two fundamentally different worldviews, writes Peter Whiteford 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 Mr Gonski and the social contract Dean Ashenden 22 May 2014 Neither Labor nor the Coalition is rising to the challenge posed by Gonski, writes Dean Ashenden Essays & reportage The remarkable persistence of power and privilege Andrew Leigh 18 April 2014 A new study finds social status rippling across the centuries

Essays & reportage What do Australians think about equality? Andrew Leigh 4 July 2013 Disagreements about acceptable levels of inequality often rest on a misunderstanding of the existing distribution of income and wealth, writes Andrew Leigh National affairs Who gets what? Who pays for it? The welfare state debate revisited Peter Whiteford 4 June 2013 Contrary to what many commentators claim, Australia has the lowest level of middle-class welfare in the developed world, writes Peter Whiteford National affairs The growing movement to increase health equity Melissa Sweet 19 April 2013 The evidence is clear and health professionals are taking notice, writes Melissa Sweet. Now it’s time for government to act National affairs Student achievement: frozen by inequity Bernie Shepherd 10 April 2013 Amid the fraught discussions about Gonski, the need to resolve deep-seated problems of equity and student achievement remains urgent, writes Bernie Shepherd

National affairs Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Peter Whiteford 28 September 2011 Wealth seems to be more equally distributed than income in Australia, writes Peter Whiteford, but interpreting the data can be complex National affairs Failure in Washington Geoffrey Barker 8 August 2011 Talk of an honourable compromise cannot hide an abject failure of economic, social and political vision, writes Geoffrey Barker National affairs Primary healthcare reform: learning from the tough suburbs of Philadelphia Melissa Sweet 7 June 2011 Public health nurses at the 11th Street Family Health Services Center are committed to developing long-term relationships with the community, reports Melissa Sweet National affairs Mind the gap Andrew Leigh 13 May 2011 Andrew Leigh looks at evidence of growing inequality in OECD countries