Corporate Goliaths are finally being challenged for putting profit before people, with ordinary Australians fighting back.

Stinking Rich by scholar Carl Rhodes and The Haves and Have-Yachts by journalist Evan Osnos examine the problem of billionaire power that undermines democracy.

Stinking Rich by scholar Carl Rhodes and The Haves and Have-Yachts by journalist Evan Osnos examine the problem of billionaire power that undermines democracy.

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t caused by migrants. It’s the result of inequality-driven policy — and scapegoating is making it worse.

Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

As 2025 draws to a close, we can look back on a year when economic inequality became firmly entrenched on the Australian political agenda.

Since Labor’s victory, the threat of right‑wing populism has not gone away — it has grown increasingly palpable.

Young people are struggling — but not equally. While some inherit safety nets, others face shrinking futures, creating a quieter crisis and further divide.

Elon Musk's latest pay package has just been approved, which will make him the world's first trillionaire in the next 10 years. How can one person wield such tremendous wealth?

Australia does not lack ideas, it lacks resolve about the kind of country we want to be.

Former prime minister Bob Hawke regretted saying: ‘By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty’. But his broken promise still had a surprising impact.

Rising inequality is being exploited by right-wing populism, putting Australians at risk of becoming further disenfranchised.

As policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide.

As policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide.

When it comes to leadership, the myth of great men lives on because it flatters and serves the interests of the elite.

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Economic inequality in Australia is the worst it has been in 20 years — if the goal is to improve living standards, our leaders should be addressing it.

The Liberal Party's gender divide exposes a deeper crisis in Australian democracy.

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Most of us won't have to worry about becoming billionaires, but as Carl Rhodes argues in his book Stinking Rich, not only are they a problem, but they're our problem, and we all have the means to do s...

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With average house prices rocketing to over a million dollars, the Australian Dream has lost its democratic ethos and is fast becoming a dream for the rich.

The bromance is over between Donald Trump and Elon Musk — but the real loser of their feud is democracy.

We're staring down the barrel of the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world. Let's get on the same page.

Ordinary citizens are starting to realise that their dwindling share of our common wealth is no accident, but the inevitable result of the current system. As life becomes more precarious, ha...

Once the scrooges of Main Street, modern-day billionaires are now feted as rolled-gold superheroes.

Is it possible that by promising to end “death by bureaucracy,” he has willfully sowed the seeds of his own political demise?

The myth that billionaires can fix the world's problems rests on a failed economic ideology.

As global inequality soars, President Donald Trump has recruited a bloat of fellow billionaires to help run his administration, including the world’s richest man.

Stinking Rich - The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire; How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book exa...

The politics of envy reflects a political conviction that economic inequality is both economically necessary and the fair outcome of a meritocratic society.

One top Democrat called the seven-month continuing resolution a "power grab" that "further allows unchecked billionaire Elon Musk and President Trump to steal from the American people."

Discover how the good business school is redefining business education—challenging elitism and driving real change for a fairer economy.

Carl Rhodes (University of Sydney) discusses with Martin Parker the dangerous myths which portrays billionaires as a ‘force for good'.

Sudden suspension of aid funding a ‘perfect opportunity’ for Beijing to fill the gap and grow its own soft power