The ABC’s Michael Janda has done a good job analysing the explosive growth in wealth amongst Australia’s wealthiest elite, whose wealth has grown 50-fold since 1984:
Back in 1984, Australia’s 200 richest people had a combined wealth of $6.4 billion.
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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