inequality
The ongoing decline in market income inequality stopped in the 1980s. Since then it has been stable, while 1990 public policy actively increased disposable income inequality.
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The ‘Budget Policy Statement’ may reveal what the government really thinks.
Read MoreIt may be that higher levels of inequality have increased the incidence of poor mental wellbeing in the community. A recent book suggests a causal mechanism from one to the other.
International research shows that there is a socioeconomic status (or class) gradient, in which those with low SES experience higher morbidity from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, ulcers, rheumatoid disorders, a number of cancers, psychiatric diseases, dementia and so on.
Read MoreInequality is not confined to income and wealth; it is in our healthcare and education systems. Is Labour trying to reverse the trend?
Read MoreExtract from submission to a Select Committee of Parliament (Social Services and Community Committee).
Read MoreOne per cent of the world's population now control half its wealth.
The inequality debate reaches beyond individuals to towns and regions, so what can we do when an entire town is in the doldrums?
Read MoreChild poverty strikes a chord across the political spectrum, but the left will struggle to make inequality a major election issue because most New Zealanders are just getting on with it
Read MoreIf a large majority of us are worried about inequality and National is making the problem worse, not better, why isn’t the Left doing better politically?
No, reducing gender inequality doesn’t make income inequality worse.
Read MoreIncreasing the supply of housing is only part of the solution. Demand needs to be shored up. That means changing incentives so that wage earners can compete with investors.
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