What happened to the fair go?

Updated July 29 2014 - 1:08pm, first published 3:00am

The room was already full at Trades Hall in Carlton on a cold July night, but the floors creaked with people still walking in. ''I'm not Thomas Piketty,'' said Mike Berry, emeritus professor at RMIT, with a wry smile. ''I understand some of you were expecting him.''

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