wealth

To what extent can a country’s wealth be influenced by tax, pension and super?

07 Aug 2020

The average Australian household is wealthier yet more indebted than the average German household, partly due to tax and retirement income policies.

Vital Signs: talk of a US wealth tax is about symbolism as much as it is about economics

25 Oct 2019

Other measures might raise as much as her proposed wealth tax, but Democratic front-runner Elizabeth Warren likes big gestures.

New UNSW, ACOSS study highlights inequality in our society – and how to fix it

31 Jul 2018

Beyond the personal effects on individuals, vast disparities in income can erode social cohesion and undermine economic growth, researchers say.

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.

Family trusts often cause more harm than good

26 Jul 2017

Anyone can use a discretionary trust but the beneficiaries of trusts are usually all part of the one family, writes Dale Boccabella.

The real politics of envy isn't about wealth: it's about the city we wish we had

27 Mar 2017

Elizabeth Farrelly doesn't want to be one of the rich and powerful – she wants them to get out of the way and stop wrecking Sydney.

Battlers and plutocrats: How political connections reward Australia's super-rich

26 Aug 2015

A huge proportion of Australia's richest people are amassing their wealth via political connections rather than via business innovation, write Paul Frijters and Gigi Foster.

A new class warfare

02 Jul 2007

The so-called 'generation gap' is disappearing, making way instead for an economic gap between the generations and class divisions within society, according to a UNSW sociologist.