Understanding Inequality In Australia
The best available evidence demonstrates that income inequality is low and declining in Australia. Suggestions to the contrary rely on highly unreliable and potentially misleading measures, such...
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Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Originally appeared in ABC News
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