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Don't believe what they say about inequality. Some of us are worse off

  • Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Don't believe what they say about inequality. Some of us are worse offWithout measures to stop it, many of us will fall further behind.Shutterstock

If you were going to reduce a 150-page Productivity Commission examination of trends in Australian inequality to a few words, it would be nice if they weren’t “ALP inequality claims sunk”, or “Progressive article of faith blown up” or “L...

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