Myra Hamilton

Dec 15, 2024 | theconversation.com | Myra Hamilton

_This article is part of The Conversation’s “Retirement” series where experts examine issues including how much money we need to retire, retiring with debt, the psychological impact of retiring and the benefits of getting financial advice. _By the time they retire, women typically have about one third less superannuation than men. This can amount to more than $500,000 when wages and super are combined over their lifetime.

Jun 13, 2024 | insidestory.org.au | Clive Hamilton |Myra Hamilton |Dean Ashenden

Elite wannabes could do worse than study up on Clive Hamilton and Myra Hamilton’s The Privileged Few, a documentation of the “machinery of privilege” as complete, orderly and detailed as a user manual: the four types of capital, the three elements of privilege, the five techniques of philanthropy, three ways to launder a reputation, eight ways to hide or justify privilege.

Jun 13, 2024 | inkl.com | Clive Hamilton |Myra Hamilton

Big bang for the bucks: Lindsay Fox (centre) and Paula Fox (right) answering questions at the announcement of their $100 million donation to the National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary, now to be called The Fox: NGV Contemporary.

Jun 12, 2024 | unherd.com | Clive Hamilton |Myra Hamilton

ClassClass conflictelitesLanguageRishi SunakSocietyUK Almost a year ago, in July 2023, Rishi Sunak’s government named and shamed Britain’s most unruly towns. The media, unsurprisingly, lapped it up: places subjected to higher levels of social disadvantage were described as “bad towns” filled with “streets of shame”. All who lived there were tainted.

May 22, 2024 | theconversation.com | Clive Hamilton |Myra Hamilton

In 2021, the coach of the Perth-based West Coast Eagles Australian rules football team said recruits who attended public schools and came from single-parent families are too costly to manage off-field and the club might be better off concentrating on private school boys from stable families.