By Philip Soos, an independent economist and PhD candidate investigating bank crime and mortgage control fraud.
ONE OF THE MOST important economic issues in recent times has been low wage growth. Barely a day goes by without the mass media, politicians, unions, economists, industry associations and workers discussing the topic.
Industry and the Coalition are generally content with this outcome for obvious reasons. The long-term agenda to disempower and atomise unions and workers since the turn towards neoliberal economics in the 1980s has reaped predictable outcomes.