Elite Economists and the Neoliberal Ascendancy in Australia: The Case of Dr John Hewson.
Worsening inequality worldwide has stimulated a renewal of scholarly work on the dynamics of elite recruitment, notably Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman's large-scale UK study (2024), which found only modest change in the make-up of Britain's elite between the 1890s and today. Cumulative advantage is s...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Australian Studies Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 218 - 234 |
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Jun2025
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