Inequality is also fuelled by the low-inflation, low-wage environment.
Financial institutions and those rich enough to do so can borrow money for next to nothing and invest in long-term assets such as real estate and shares.
But the workaday Jill or Joe who can't afford to cash in on the opportunity has been stuck with stagnant wages growth.
Although house prices have peaked and fallen over recent times in Australia's major capitals, in general terms, the era of low consumer price inflation has gone hand-in-hand with high asset-price inflation.
The upside is that, with inflation so low, even the meagre wages growth of recent times is — on average — outpacing prices. But it is a small upside.