Economy

Extreme inequality boosts the case for system change
The zombie TPP is back

OK, it’s (almost) official. The zombie Trans-Pacific Partnership, widely criticised as a huge, undemocratic corporate power grab, has been restored to life

What’s the latest move and is it irreversible?
Oxfam report: Australia’s wealth gap widens
The pitchforks are coming
Is the tide turning against the gig economy?
Sam Dastyari and the enemy within
Revolt by the poor shakes Iran
Iran rocked by mass anti-regime protests fuelled by poverty
Power to the People: In Italy, a new left-wing movement is born
Bank royal commission: Last straw for Turnbull?
The disaster of privatisation
Zimbabwe: Free of Mugabe at last, the people must launch a revolution