Capital Gains Tax reform could spell the end of neoliberal Australia
Australia’s debate around tax reform challenges a system that has driven inequality and locked a generation out of housing, writes Carl…
Labor spending not to blame for soaring inflation: Chalmers
Jim Chalmers has defended Labor’s management of the economy after Sunrise host Nat Barr accused the government of…
No longer true that the rich keep getting richer as the poor get poorer
Recent data confirms current policies are gradually reversing Australia’s chronic inequality, as Alan Austin reports. THE SALARY OF…
How Australia’s lax property tax has created a class system
Former prime minister John Howard once dismissed fears about Australia’s increasingly unaffordable housing, saying he had never received…
Reducing inequality means taxing capital more — including inheritances
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the new shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, both say they are keen to do something…
Oxford Economics: AI is unlikely to help resolve K-shaped economy anytime soon
Good news! The massive investment into AI has made American households on average significantly wealthier, and will continue…
Australia’s ‘Young Rich List’ is one more unneeded celebration of the elite
While most young people are doing it tough, the richest among them have increased their wealth by 1700%, writes Carl…
Ray Dalio says the US economy can no longer be looked at ‘as a whole’
On the surface, the going looks pretty good in the American economy. Wall Street is roaring, Silicon Valley…
The Rising Tide is Lifting Mainly Yachts
By Ajay Raju The US financial markets are booming, with major indices reaching record highs. The market gains,…
Corporate Australia needs to face inequality crisis
As policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide, writes Carl Rhodes.…
Retirees earn more than young workers, no wonder productivity is dead – Tom Stelzer
Jim Chalmer’s much-publicised productivity summit has come and gone and, in what will come as a surprise to…
Property boom prompts surge in Australian millionaires to global high
A growing number of everyday Australians now boast a seven-figure net worth that was once the domain of…