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.

Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

Frank Stilwell is a Professor of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Kirrily Jordan is a research assistant in the discipline of Political Economy at the University of Sydney.