Salvatore Babones (@sbabones) is a senior lecturer in sociology & social policy at the University of Sydney and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).

Department of Sociology
& Social Policy
R.C. Mills Building A-26
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA
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Contrary to public perceptions, low-tax America has among the lowest rates of entrepreneurship in the world. Taxmaggedon would help most small businesses and begin to restore a sane level of taxation on America’s wealthy. READ MORE

In the century since 1913, Russia has experienced revolution, collectivization, purges, war, cold war, privatization, and the disintegration of its empire, but its national income per capita is still about 40% of the levels prevailing in western Europe. READ MORE

Reparations for slavery may never be approved by the courts, but we can focus on fixing the social structures that reinforce racial inequalities and are the enduring contemporary legacy of slavery. READ MORE

Nowhere are the rich prosecuting their class war against the rest of society more ferociously than in Greece. READ MORE

When should a sitting president be re-elected? Gone is the audacity of hope. A sitting president must live up to the monotony of administration. READ MORE

The truth is that we have no idea who is ahead in the presidential race. Opinion polling has entered uncharted territory as response rates have plummeted. READ MORE

The reality is that High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes are exclusive – by design. If the so-called “Lexus Lanes” weren’t exclusive, they wouldn’t be hot. READ MORE

For the past forty years American men’s incomes have stagnated, but women’s wages have risen. Unfortunately, the years of catch-up are now over. We need policies to raise wages for everyone. READ MORE

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