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Why something needs to be done smartly about the homeless
Sep 07, 2018
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If You Want to Solve the Homeless Crisis, Listen to the Homeless by Gillian Cook of Closing the Gap Sleeping in her van while holiday park cabins around her are vacant raise
Read MoreMedia Release: TIME TO TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES
Aug 15, 2017
For Immediate Release Tuesday 15 August 2017 TIME TO TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES Polls are showing that inequality is a top voter concern (Roy-Morgan and UMR Polls). The inc
Read MoreA series of videos highlighting inequality
Closing the Gap recently got together with SocialLink Tauranga to produce the following series of videos to raise awareness of inequality. Inequality described The Inequality Song
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Wealth disparities should make inequality reduction a priority in the budget
“The government’s budget, due later this month, must address New Zealand’s chronic wealth gap” said Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income inequality project, Closing the Gap.
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Budget promises unlikely to dent inequality
The Government’s social spending promises for this month’s budget are more Band-Aid than cure because they don’t tackle tough structural problems like taxation, Peter Malcol
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Local Body Candidate Survey Results – BOP
Here are the results of the survey sent to all candidates in the Western Bay of Plenty area as an example of what can be done to canvas candidates views on and commitment to reduci
Read MoreLocal Government elections material
Sep 04, 2016
Suggestions as to how you might influence your local body elections to promote the reduction of inequality… Issues that impact on inequality: Council employees including cont
Read More10 Economic Myths in the December Edition of the “New Internationalist”
Dec 23, 2015
Does repeating a thing make it true? The followers of mainstream economic dogma must surely think ‘Yes’. After the financial crash of 2008 and the malaise ever since, they haven’t
Read MoreWilkinson’s Lectures in NZ: Things to do about inequality
Dec 23, 2015
Information and knowledge sharing. Reduce tax avoidance e.g tax havens, this aligns with Piketty’s conclusions in his book, “CAPITAL”. Strengthen union membership
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