income inequality
It would be easy to report my latest findings on the income distribution with grandiose hysteria. But I am a social statistician and readers deserve a sober assessment. The conclusion that high incomes are rising faster than the rest is powerful enough on its own.
Read MoreWhile overall income inequality may have been relatively stable over the last two decades, it appears to be increasing in Auckland (and perhaps in our other big urban centres).
Read MoreNo, but we need to address poverty. Focusing on poverty targets which are not to be achieved in the time of the government which sets them is wasting energy and opportunity.
Read MoreThe government has let the housing market deteriorate with measures which are insufficient, late and ineffective. As a first step we need to identify the underlying problems.
Read MoreA new Oxfam report released in time for the World Economic Forum spells out just how vast the inequality divide has become and the urgent need to act. It's just not good for anyone
Read MoreNew Zealand's politicians do get paid a lot—if you are on the average wage. But that's not who they are compared to anymore
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