More on age pension changes

A few days ago, the Conversation published my latest article on what is being canvassed for the May budget – a rise in the pension eligibility age to 70 to take effect later in the 2020s. We will know the detail in a couple of weeks. The paper argues that just because life expectancy is…

More on the declining middle class

An article in today’s Age about the decline of middle class jobs in the USA has highlighted some of the issues I have raised in a number of articles.  The Age reports on a study undertaken by the National Employment Law Project in the USA.  The NELP describes a ‘low wage recovery’ and  relates concerns…