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A world with inequality everywhere is a moral and economic threat

  • Written by Thomas Clarke, Professor, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney
imageThere's no guarantee Australia will always be the land of the fair go.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

There is growing evidence that inequality is increasing not only in Australia but internationally within the advanced industrial economies. The age of endless growth in prosperity for everyone is a distant memory of a more hopeful age.

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