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Carl Rhodes
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Professor of Business and Society at UTS Business School, Sydney, Australia. Writes on business and democracy, economic injustice and dissensus politics. Ops mine!
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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Jan 24
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Young people are struggling - but not equally. While some inherit safety nets, others face shrinking futures, creating a quieter crisis and further divide

My thoughts in today’s @independentaus.bsky.social

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Young Australians deserve more than a rigged future
Young people are struggling — but not equally. While some inherit safety nets, others face shrinking futures, creating a quieter crisis and further divide.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Elon Musk’s trillion dollar paycheck tells the story of the vast and expanding wealth and unaccountable power of global billionaires

My article plus visuals and animations from @theconversation.com

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Visualising Elon Musk's record-breaking pay deal
Elon Musk's latest pay package has just been approved, which will make him the world's first trillionaire in the next 10 years. How can one person wield such tremendous wealth?
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Far-right populism is rising.

Does Australia have the will to resist?

My thoughts in today's @independentaus.bsky.social

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Far-right populism isn't about policy detail — it's about national character
Australia does not lack ideas, it lacks resolve about the kind of country we want to be.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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To become a fairer nation, Australia needs to set national inequality targets

My proposal in today's The Conversation @aunz.theconversation.com
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To become a fairer nation, Australia needs to set national inequality targets
Former prime minister Bob Hawke regretted saying: ‘By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty’. But his broken promise still had a surprising impact.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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"Rhodes’ book provides an important critique of the billionaire class as well as suggesting new avenues of collective resistance [...] an insightful and beautifully written book"

Iain Munro reviews my book 'Stinking Rich'

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September 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Rising inequality is being exploited by right-wing populism, putting Australians at risk of becoming further disenfranchised.
~ Carl Rhodes

'March for Australia' shows how economic injustice fuels the far-right
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'March for Australia' shows how economic injustice fuels the far-right
Rising inequality is being exploited by right-wing populism, putting Australians at risk of becoming further disenfranchised.
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September 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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🗞️ La edición 2025 de Global Focus en castellano ofrece reflexiones sobre IA, sostenibilidad, liderazgo y la huella social de las escuelas de negocios. Una invitación a repensar cómo ampliar su alcance y contribuir al bien común.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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As policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide.
~ Carl Rhodes

Growth without fairness: Corporate Australia needs to face inequality crisis
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Growth without fairness: Corporate Australia needs to face inequality crisis
As policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide.
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August 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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The Economic Reform Roundtable means that policymakers are finally beginning to directly confront economic. inequality.

Meanwhile corporate Australia has its head in the sand peddling trickle down economics.

My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia

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Growth without fairness: Corporate Australia needs to face inequality crisis
As policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide.
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August 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Why Elon Musk’s A$44 billion payday should worry Australians

My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia

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Why Elon Musk’s $44 billion payday should worry Australians
When it comes to leadership, the myth of great men lives on because it flatters and serves the interests of the elite.
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August 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Why is Elon Musk getting a US$29 billion pay check?

I spoke to ABC Australia News

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Elon Musk's $44 billion Tesla payout a 'gross' amount of money | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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August 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Australia’s real economic challenge isn’t welfare dependency — it’s inequality

My column in today's @independentaus.bsky.social‬

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Australia’s real economic challenge isn’t welfare dependency — it’s inequality
Economic inequality in Australia is the worst it has been in 20 years — if the goal is to improve living standards, our leaders should be addressing it.
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August 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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The Liberal Party has a patriarchy problem.

Even if the Liberals adopt quotas, the patriarchalism that Australia should have long left behind is still being nurtured at the highest levels of politics.

My column in today's @independentaus.bsky.social

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The Liberal Party has a patriarchy problem
The Liberal Party's gender divide exposes a deeper crisis in Australian democracy.
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July 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Courtesy Irresistible Magazine my book Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire (bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/stinki...) has a soundtrack!

Featuring Peter Bibby, Johnny Paycheck, Iris de Ment, The Dead Kennedys, Marianne Faithful & more

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Carl Rhodes Irresistible Songs to Eat The Rich To
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July 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Irresistible Magazine is the place where resistance meets fabulousness!

I had a great time talking to them about billionaires, economic injustice, neoliberalism, masculinity and so much more...

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Modern Heroes and Irresistible Writers: Carl Rhodes - Irresistible Magazine
Most of us won't have to worry about becoming billionaires, but as Carl Rhodes argues in his book Stinking Rich, not only are they a problem, but they're our problem, and we all have the means to do s...
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July 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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It was great to be back on the Uncomfortable Conversations podcast talking to the indefatigable Josh Szeps about economic inequality, billionaires and what might count as a just society.

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"Should We Ban Extreme Wealth?” with Prof. Carl Rhodes
YouTube video by Josh Szeps
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July 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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With average house prices rocketing to over a million dollars, the Australian Dream has lost its democratic ethos and is fast becoming a dream for the rich - my thoughts in todays @independentaus.bsky.social

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The Great Australian Dream now belongs to landlords
With average house prices rocketing to over a million dollars, the Australian Dream has lost its democratic ethos and is fast becoming a dream for the rich.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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My thoughts on the Trump-Musk feud, just published in @independentaus.bsky.social
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Hell hath no fury like a bro scorned: Trump, Musk and alpha masculinity
The bromance is over between Donald Trump and Elon Musk — but the real loser of their feud is democracy.
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June 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...
It's The Oligarchy, Stupid
We're staring down the barrel of the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world. Let's get on the same page.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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May 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Last year I joined Myra Hamilton, Jordan van den Berg and @gdblunt.bsky.social at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas to discuss the scourge of economic inequality

THE PITCHFORKS ARE COMING: Why the 1% should be afraid

Podcast now available
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Festival of Dangerous Ideas: The Pitchforks are Coming (2024) - Myra Hamilton, Carl Rhodes & Jordan van den Berg
Ordinary citizens are starting to realise that their dwindling share of our common wealth is no accident, but the inevitable result of the current system. As life becomes more precarious, ha...
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May 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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It was my pleasure to talk to Fran Kelly on the ABC Radio National about my book Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire - bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/stinki....

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Stinking Rich: Can billionaires be good? - ABC listen
Once the scrooges of Main Street, modern-day billionaires are now feted as rolled-gold superheroes.
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April 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥
April 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Is it possible that by promising to end “death by bureaucracy,” Musk has willfully sowed the seeds of his own political demise?

My thoughts in Common Dreams

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Elon Musk’s Death Drive | Common Dreams
Is it possible that by promising to end “death by bureaucracy,” he has willfully sowed the seeds of his own political demise?
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April 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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The words on the Statue of Liberty need to be changed from ‘give me your poor huddled masses’ to ‘give me your rich people from South Africa’, says @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social at the @gleebooks.bsky.social launch of his book ‘Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire’
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM