Books & arts
17 October 2024
Two sociologists and a teacher wrestle with meritocracy
Books & arts
14 June 2024
Money might bestow enormous power, but is the triumph of the wealthy complete?
National affairs
22 May 2024
Local councils and NIMBYs continue to cop much of the blame for housing shortages. But the full story is a bit more complicated
Books & arts
29 April 2024
Should there be a limit on how rich you can be?
Correspondents
16 December 2022
How London’s “haves” and “have yachts” are reshaping the city
Books & arts
11 December 2021
A thread of wealth, power and celebrity ran through three of 2021’s high-profile season returns
From the archive
21 September 2021
Are we creating a society Jane Austen might recognise?
Books & arts
9 September 2019
Television | Wealth is a means rather than an end in the second season of Succession
Books & arts
18 January 2019
Books | Are wealthy foundations, backed by tax breaks, wielding too much power?
Essays & reportage
15 June 2018
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have used new data to track inequality and sharpen the choices we face
International
7 November 2017
The Panama Papers looked like the culmination of a new era for leakers — and then the Paradise Papers came along. But can we expect action to follow?
National affairs
7 November 2017
Television | Four Corners played an important role in exploring the Paradise Papers. But did it choose the right targets?
Essays & reportage
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
Essays & reportage
8 October 2012
In 1990 a team of researchers began tracking a group of babies born in two inner suburbs of Melbourne. Their latest results paint a complex picture of obstacles, opportunities and…
National affairs
28 September 2011
Wealth seems to be more equally distributed than income in Australia, writes Peter Whiteford, but interpreting the data can be complex