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Higher property prices linked to income inequality: study

  • Written by: Hassan F. Gholipour, Lecturer in Economics, Swinburne University of Technology

Higher property prices are not only associated with higher income inequality but also with a higher inequality in household spending, our research shows. We examined three decades of data from 1982 to 2012 in Iran, where income inequality is the highest in the Middle East. We found that a 1% increase in housing costs increases income inequality...

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How do you talk to kids about racism?

  • Written by: Naomi Priest, Fellow, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
imageIt is a myth that children don’t notice difference or 'see' race.from www.shutterstock.com

Issues related to racism and racial discrimination feature in our news and social media feeds with alarming regularity.

This year more and more stories have emerged around “black face”, hotly contested debates about cartoons, free speech and...

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Is the investment in private health insurance worthwhile?

  • Written by: Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
imageIt's basically impossible to tell the difference between various policies and levels of cover. from www.shutterstock.com.au

A frequent topic of conversation at any social or workplace gathering is the cost and unfairness of private health insurance. Despite guaranteed free treatment in public hospitals, we are both conditioned and persuaded to...

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Mythbusting Ancient Rome – throwing Christians to the lions

  • Written by: Shushma Malik, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
imageWas persecution a consistent imperial policy, and what types of punishments were inflicted on Christians? The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1883)/Wikimedia Commons

‘CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS!’ rang without end through all quarters of the city.

So writes Henryk Sienkiewicz in his novel Quo Vadis...

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