Join Ben Spies-Butcher, Damien Cahill and Gabrielle Meagher to launch Ben’s new book, Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation. Where: New Britannia Hotel, 103 Cleveland St, Darlington When: Wednesday 12th June, 5.30 for 6pm-7pm About Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation by Assoc Prof Ben Spies-Butcher Neoliberalism has made Australia less equal and our welfare system…
In April, the School of Social and Political Sciences, in collaboration with the Justice and Inequality research priority of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will be hosting Mike Savage, Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He has a longstanding interest in the social and historical sources of inequality, within…
In April, the School of Social and Political Sciences, in collaboration with the Justice and Inequality research priority of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will be hosting Mike Savage, Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He has a longstanding interest in the social and historical sources of inequality, within…
The ‘HAVES’ and the ‘HAVE YACHTS’: Socio-Spatial Struggles in London between the ‘Merely Wealthy’ and the ‘Super-Rich’ In the decade between 2007 and 2017 London changed fundamentally. This lecture is about how the actions of the transnational über-wealthy — the “have yachts” — impinged on the life-worlds of the “merely wealthy” — “the haves.” The…
How can we close the widening gap between rich and poor? Political economist Frank Stilwell will discuss economic inequality, expose the scale of the problem and provide alternative strategies for a fairer society. Event detailsDate and time: Tuesday 10 September, 6:00pm – 7:30pmVenue: Lecture Theatre 200, Social Sciences BuildingThe University of Sydney (Camperdown/Darlington Campus)Entry: free and open to…
When: Wednesday 8 May 2018, 5.30-7.00pm Where: Sydney Trades Hall Auditorium, 4-6 Goulburn St Sydney Speakers: Frank Stilwell, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney Helen Szoke, Chief Executive Officer, Oxfam Australia John Graham, MLC, Vice President, Evatt Foundation Chair: Christopher Sheil, Senior Fellow in History, UNSW and President, Evatt Foundation Hosted by Unions…
[jumbotron heading=”Frank Stilwell, ‘The Political Economy of Inequality: Taking Stock and Flowing…’”] During the last few decades, the gap between the incomes, wealth and living standards of rich and poor people has increased in most countries. Prominent public figures have described current inequalities as unacceptable and called for their reduction. The huge literature on the…
