Who Gets What?: Analysing Economic Inequality in Australia

by Frank Stilwell, Kirrily Jordan

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.

Genres: Economics

278 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2007

About the author

Frank Stilwell is professor emeritus in political economy at the University of Sydney, where he began teaching in 1970. He is a well-known critic of conventional economics and an advocate of alternative economic strategies for social justice and ecological sustainability. Frank has written a dozen books on political economic issues and co-edited half a dozen others. His next book is The Political Economy of Inequality. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, the coordinating editor of the Journal of Australian Political Economy, vice president of the Evatt Foundation and executive member of the Council for Peace with Justice.