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Andrew Leigh, Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia. Redback (ebook) and Black Inc. (pbk): Collingwood, VIC, Australia, 2013; 224 pp.: 9781863956079, RRP: AUD19.95.

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Andrew Leigh, Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia. Redback (ebook) and Black Inc. (pbk): Collingwood, VIC, Australia, 2013; 224 pp.: 9781863956079, RRP: AUD19.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Peter Saunders
Peter Saunders*
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Social Policy Research Centre, The University of New South Wales, Australia
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 164 - 169
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