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True Progressivism
A new form of radical centrist politics is needed to tackle inequality without hurting economic growth
The age of inequality: The 1 per cent and the rest
The richest 1 per cent control a huge proportion of the world’s wealth, and inequality is a major political issue. But does it really matter?...
Ethical Economy: Of morals and markets
“Where all good things are bought and sold,” says Michael Sandel, “having money makes all the difference in the world”. And...
Challenge 7: The market, morals, ethics, and poverty
In part seven of our multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Adrian Walsh argues that a humane market asks something of us that we may not want...
Ethics in the workplace can be challenging for new graduates venturing into the working world
College graduates from Northwest Indiana and Chicago’s South Suburbs will soon be flooding the market with job applications, hoping to land...
The ethical banker who crossed the Street
In an IPO an investment bank takes a fee from a business to place that stock in financial markets. Or, more precisely, they take a fee from a...
Capitalism can no longer afford freedom
In his recent re-reading of Marx's Capital, Fredric Jameson identifies the inherent contradiction of the world market: that it is the very...
Company directors and their duties
It’s been a significant week for Australian company directors with two crucial cases highlighting just what an important role they play and...
Robert Shiller and finance in a good society
Professor of economics at Yale University Robert Shiller argues that, despite the financial crisis and despair some countries are experiencing, we...
World needs economic ethics, new rules, pope says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The global crisis shows that the world needs economic ethics and new rules so the financial system...
We're all worse off if the rich get richer while the poor get poorer
It has become unfashionable to talk about rising inequality in Australia. The mining boom is delivering untold riches, we are told, so shut up and...
Plain old economic growth is good for society
Without reform, our modern prosperity may not be sustainable. It will disappoint some that the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest snapshot of...
We must sow seeds for our nation's future today
Permanent and temporary migration programs are important for the economy. With or without migration, Australia's population is increasing. For this...
The Greek crisis and the blame game
Greece’s woes have revealed a Euro-elite more interested in blame-shifting than tackling the economic crisis. Despite the huge amount of media...
Let’s make this an age of abundance, not austerity
Prosperity’s critics are demonising material desires and calling for governments to elevate happiness over growth. It’s time to fight...
Welfare: how help becomes a hindrance
With the shift of emphasis from welfare to wellbeing, the state reinforces the sense that we are unable to cope with life. Certainly, the welfare...
Subcrime: pinning the blame for the financial crisis is not easy
It is, as one tabloid succinctly put it, “Wall St 1, US 0.” On November 10th the first and so far only executives to face criminal...
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