What's driving the wealth inequality crisis?

06/02/2025 21 min Temporada 3 Episodio 61
What's driving the wealth inequality crisis?

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Without addressing the wealth inequality crisis, Australia’s economy and society will suffer. On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Australia Institute Senior Economist and Elinor Johnston-Leek discuss how our housing and superannuation policies are fuelling wealth inequality. This discussion was recorded on Thursday 6 February 2025 and things may have changed since recording. Order What's the Big Idea? 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia now, via the Australia Institute website. Host: Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist, the Australia Institute and Centre for Future Work // @mattgrudnoff Host: Elinor Johnston-Leek, Senior Content Producer, the Australia Institute // @elinorjohnstonleek Show notes: Superannuation tax concessions are making inequality worse by Greg Jericho, the Australia Institute (July 2024) Income and wealth inequality in Australia by David Richardson and Frank Stilwell, the Australia Institute (July 2024) Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to [email protected] Dollars & Sense: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.