Christopher Sheil

It's not just the ABS. It's also the Productivity Commission downplaying the growth in inequality

29 Aug 2019

Freedom of Information documents show the Bureau of Statistics spent a good deal of effort toning down news of rising inequality. The Productivity Commission seems to have been at it too.

What the Bureau of Statistics didn't highlight: our continuing upward redistribution of wealth

21 Aug 2019

Better data would tell us more about the ultrawealthy, but they really do seem to be growing more wealthy, more quickly, than the rest of us.

The ABS is wrong: inequality is getting worse in Australia

18 Sep 2017

The ABS has it wrong: inequality isn't stable in Australia. It's getting worse and worse, write Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell.

Engaging with the IMF on inequality

10 Mar 2017

If the IMF is truly concerned with inequality, it needs to make specific changes that go beyond speeches, research papers and ‘pilot projects’, write Christopher Sheil and Frank Stilwell.

Is Piketty’s ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ really the most unread bestseller?

28 Oct 2016

A 700-page book on economics was never going to be a walk in the park, but it's worth the effort, writes Christopher Sheil.