Income and wealth inequality
Healey, JustinUUUU
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This book looks at how income and wealth inequality is measured in Australia, and what are the impacts of this rising inequality? Should we be trying harder to bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots?
Main title:
Income and wealth inequality / edited by Justin Healey
Author:
Imprint:
Thirroul NSW Spinney Press
Collation:
60 pages colour illustrations
Series title:
Audience:
Secondary
Contents:
Measuring income and wealth inequality -- Income and wealth inequality: how is Australia faring? -- Understanding measures of income and wealth -- Australia: the country of the fair go...for some -- Mind the gap: as incomes grow, so does inequality -- Average Australian household worth $728,000 -- Household income and income distribution -- Strong labour earnings growth moderates income inequality in Australia -- Trends to the distribution of income in Australia -- Should we care about income inequality? -- More people are better off, but inequality is rising - so what's going on? -- Income inequality -- Society at a glance social indicators highlights: Australia -- Income distribution: how does Australia compare internationally? -- Impacts of the wealth divide -- Increasing inequality bring high social cost: report -- Adverse consequences of inequality -- Advance Australia Fair? What to do about growing inequality in Australia -- The cost of inequality: how wealth and income extremes hurt us all -- What do Australians think about equality? -- Wealth divide in Australia -- Low economic resource households -- Is poverty of the rise in Australia? -- It's all relative: the poverty wars are back -- Poverty is real, and here -- Inequality seriously damages growth: IMF seminar hears -- Urgent action needed to tackle rising inequality and social divisions, says OECD -- It's not just the rich who benefit from free markets -- The Global Wealth Pyramid -- Rich list: top twenty in the world and Australia -- Working for the few: political capture and economic inequality -- Class on a global scale: the emerging transnational capitalists -- What can be done about income inequality? -- Exploring issues - worksheets and activities -- Fast facts -- Glossary
ISBN:
9781922084644 (paperback)
Dewey class:
339.2099 INC
Local class:
339.2099
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
46586
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 339.2099 INC | pbkAvailable |