Who Gets What?
Analysing Economic Inequality in Australia

This 2007 book examines incomes and wealth in Australia and the causes of increased economic inequality.

Frank Stilwell (Author), Kirrily Jordan (Author)

9780521700320, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 July 2007

278 pages, 38 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.38 kg

This 2007 book addresses important contemporary concerns about social justice. It presents detailed economic evidence, but analyses it in a manner that is engaging and readily accessible to the non-specialist reader. Who Gets What? examines what has been happening to incomes and wealth in Australia, what causes increased economic inequality, and the possibility of creating a more egalitarian society. It looks at who is rich, which social groups are still in poverty, and the policies that could redistribute income and wealth more effectively.

1. Inequality
2. Incomes
3. Wealth
4. The rich
5. The poor
6. Divided spaces
7. A gender agenda
8. Driving the disparities
9. Getting happier?
10. Fall-out
11. What is to be done?
12. Prospects
Appendices
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Economic systems & structures [KCS], Political economy [KCP], Economic statistics [KCHS], Employment & unemployment [KCFM], Politics & government [JP]