Who Gets What?: Analysing Economic Inequality in Australia

COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 8
LIST OF TABLES......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12
CHAPTER ONE INEQUALITY......Page 13
Wide disparities......Page 16
Does inequality matter?......Page 18
Class, status, power......Page 23
Analysing economic inequality......Page 28
Conclusion......Page 31
CHAPTER TWO INCOMES......Page 32
Capital versus labour......Page 33
The spread of wage incomes......Page 35
Nice work if you can get it......Page 37
Current income distribution......Page 42
Changes in income inequality......Page 46
International comparison......Page 52
Conclusion......Page 54
CHAPTER THREE WEALTH......Page 56
Analysing the wealth of the nation......Page 58
Overall ownership of wealth......Page 60
How concentrated is wealth?......Page 61
Wealth in shares, not sharing wealth......Page 64
Wealth in superannuation......Page 66
Property is wealth......Page 67
Inheriting wealth......Page 69
Debt: the dark side of wealth?......Page 72
Conclusion......Page 74
CHAPTER FOUR THE RICH......Page 76
Entry to the rich list......Page 77
The wealth of the wealthy......Page 79
The concentration of wealth......Page 80
Sources of wealth......Page 82
How reliable is the evidence?......Page 85
Conclusion......Page 90
CHAPTER FIVE THE POOR......Page 91
Poverty: absolute or relative?......Page 92
Is poverty declining or growing?......Page 98
Poverty and age......Page 101
Out of work: in poverty......Page 104
Solo poverty......Page 107
Immigrants and refugees in poverty......Page 110
Conclusion......Page 114
CHAPTER SIX DIVIDED SPACES......Page 116
Urban inequality......Page 117
Regional inequality......Page 125
Regional dynamics......Page 130
Conclusion......Page 136
CHAPTER SEVEN A GENDER AGENDA......Page 138
Unequal pay......Page 140
Unequal work......Page 146
Meanwhile, back at the house......Page 151
International comparison......Page 154
Conclusion......Page 159
CHAPTER EIGHT DRIVING THE DISPARITIES......Page 160
Inequality as business as usual......Page 161
Neoliberalism......Page 165
Employment and industrial relations......Page 168
Discrimination......Page 173
Land, housing, inheritance......Page 177
Conclusion......Page 180
CHAPTER NINE GETTING HAPPIER?......Page 181
Don't worry, be happy......Page 182
Income and happiness......Page 184
Income inequality and happiness......Page 188
What makes people happy?......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 195
CHAPTER TEN FALLOUT......Page 196
Economic impacts......Page 197
Social impacts......Page 202
Political impacts......Page 206
Environmental impacts......Page 208
Conclusion......Page 211
CHAPTER ELEVEN WHAT IS TO BE DONE?......Page 212
Do it yourself?......Page 213
Redistributive policies......Page 215
Getting to the source......Page 222
Jobs for all......Page 229
Dealing with discrimination......Page 232
Conclusion......Page 233
CHAPTER TWELVE PROSPECTS......Page 235
Perpetuating inequality......Page 236
What do the people think?......Page 237
A way forward?......Page 240
APPENDIX A SOCIAL ATTITUDES TO ECONOMIC INEQUALITY......Page 243
APPENDIX B COMPARISON OF EQUIVALENCE SCALES......Page 245
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 246
INDEX......Page 272