Bezos has pledged to donate 5% of his wealth to the "Bezos Earth Fund". Although good at first glance, billionaire philanthropy allows the wealthy elite to exert great influence over the organisations they control and public policy discussions.
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We're told that they're micro-entrepreneurs living the dream of self-determined work lives. In reality, the gig economy is unfairly advantaging one side (business) over the other (the people who perform the labour) in new and perverse ways.
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A huge study of 50 years of tax cuts for the wealthy has found that such cuts increase top income shares, but do not fuel economic growth or decrease unemployment.
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A 20-minute overview of neoliberalism, which has not only transformed our economies but also our mindsets. Briefly describes its rise in the 1970s to to its culmination in the GFC and its effect on the present day.
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With trade unionism waning since the 1990s, Australian workers are getting a smaller share of national income than ever before. And yet the Federal Government is looking to reduce worker's protections and union power even further.
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Yes this is just a wikipedia article but it's too good not to share
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Few young people die of COVID-19, but they are being asked to shoulder the biggest financial burden to keep their elders safe. Will older generations return the favour when post-pandemic economic and tax policies are being formulated?
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A tactic being used to great effect in the politics of the last few years: shout, very loudly, that you are being silenced.
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Students who avoid making eye contact with their peers could be guilty of racism, according to Oxford University’s latest guidance. Article by Camilla Turner for Telgraph.co.uk, 22 April 2017.
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Nice, brief explanation of the gender pay gap. To understand the jokes: Susan (the guest speaker) and Waleed (the presenter of Egyptian background) are married partners.
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