Clive Hamilton says the privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerful in Australia are not only unfair but cause widespread harm, from the everyday slights and humiliations visited on those lower down the scale to distortions in the labour market when elites use their networks to secure plum jobs.

Guest: Clive Hamilton, academic and co-author of ‘The Privileged Few’, published by Polity Press.

The Privileged Few is co-authored with Associate Professor Myra Hamilton, Principal Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research, in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School.