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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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 8h

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 18d

"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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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 27d

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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EFMD Global @efmdglobal.org · Sep 9

🗞️ 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.
🔗 Lea la edición completa:
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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Aug 30

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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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · Aug 29

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Aug 15

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Aug 5

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Dec 14

Tech executives are opening up their wallets as Trump and Republicans look at reshaping policies that impact social media, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence and more.

Tech billionaires Zuckerberg, Bezos and Altman help bankroll Trump's inauguration. What to know

Meta, Amazon and OpenAI's CEOs are each directing $1-million donations to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund. Here's what to know.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 19

The richest person in the world has turned his wealth into raw power. That's what oligarchy looks like.

Can the Muskrat shut the United States government?

Sure looks that way. The richest person in the world has turned his wealth into raw power. That's what oligarchy looks like.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · Jan 8

We can't let British democracy turn into a plaything for overseas billionaires with short attention spans.

At PMQs, I urged the Prime Minister to work with us to make sure power always sits with the voters, not wealthy foreign oligarchs.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · Jan 22

Late last night, Trump attacked the bishop who admonished him to treat vulnerable people with dignity.

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Truthout @truthout.org · Feb 9

Billionaire owners saw the NFL’s cumulative franchise values rise 1,108 percent between 2020 and 2023 alone.
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On Super Bowl Sunday, Remember Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Subsidize the NFL

NFL owners opened up 20 new stadiums with the help of $4.7 billion in taxpayer funds between 1997 and 2015.

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Jul 19

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

Playlist · Irresistible Magazine · 29 items · 5 saves

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Jul 15

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Jul 1

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Jun 20

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Jun 11

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · May 29

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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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · May 29

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · May 21

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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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Apr 29

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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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Apr 18

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Apr 16

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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Mr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · Apr 5

Read my review of the timely book ‘Stinking Rich’ by @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social on the increasingly sinister influence of billionaires here. www.jparkermedia.com.au/post/they-al...

They Alone Can Fix It?

The myth that billionaires can fix the world's problems rests on a failed economic ideology.

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Mr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · Apr 5

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’

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Apr 3

Why it’s time to ditch the myth of the heroic billionaire

My thoughts in @theconversation.com's Friday essay

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Friday essay: why it’s time to ditch the myth of the heroic billionaire

As global inequality soars, President Donald Trump has recruited a bloat of fellow billionaires to help run his administration, including the world’s richest man.

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Organization Studies @orgstudies.bsky.social · Mar 28

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀.

𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 - 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜

𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻, Macquarie University, Australia
@profalisonpullen.bsky.social
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗥𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
@profcarlrhodes.bsky.social

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