Ross Gittins
Ross Gittins is economics editor of the SMH and an economic columnist for The Age. His books include Gittins' Guide to Economics, Gittinomics and The Happy Economist.
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A crack in the wall of xenophobia
Ross Gittins Politicians have long played to age-old fears of outsiders in demonising asylum seekers - but things are changing.
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We're kidding ourselves on living costs
Ross Gittins It's human nature to think we're doing it hard, but most are doing all right.
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Carbon price is no fix-all
Ross Gittins Gillard slashes sundry green programs, wrongly believing a price on carbon will suffice.
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A rabble without a cause
Ross Gittins We're losing the ability to fall in behind a leader, naysayers stealing the floor at every turn.
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Our economy has a lot more going for it than minerals
Ross Gittins Australia's resources boom is just one part of its sustained success.
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Punters well aware of economic case against more immigration
Ross Gittins The Big Australia issue has gone quiet since the election but it hasn't gone away. It can't go away because it's too central to our future and, despite Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott's rare agreement...
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Suits us to be deluded on climate
Ross Gittins We justify doing nothing on emissions by insisting that others make cuts first. They have. We're the laggards.
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Demand a better deal and stop moaning about greedy banks
Ross Gittins Forgive me if I'm less than impressed by the tirade of righteous indignation being unleashed against the banks. It's self-serving, selective and uninformed.
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Food figures overcooked
Ross Gittins Australia is a net importer of food? Time to turn up the bulldust detector.
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All that glitters is not gold
Ross Gittins Economic good times lie ahead, but interest rates are likely to go up, and stay up, perhaps until the next downturn.
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It's in your own best interest to save before Reserve forces you
Ross Gittins Barring some global catastrophe, the outlook for our economy is particularly bright - so a lot of people aren't going to like it. Why not?
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Country ripoff? Bulldust
Ross Gittins Regional Australians are convinced they don't get a fair go, with city folk the villains.
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Revolution of the thinking voter turns politics green
Ross Gittins Sorry but I'm not convinced a hung parliament is a terrible thing. It may end up being a good thing.
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Stop beating about the bush and talk about Big Australia
Ross Gittins Something significant has happened in this hollow, populist election campaign: the long-standing bipartisan support for strong population growth - Big Australia - has collapsed.
What Keneally and co achieved ... and what they didn't
Ross Gittins This budget foreshadows a marked improvement in the budget balance, which has returned to operating surplus two years earlier than expected.
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In time we will get the nasties - but not just yet
Ross Gittins If history is any guide, pretty much all the nasty changes proposed in the Henry tax review will be implemented.
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Schools funding lacks three Rs
Ross Gittins It wasn't meant to be this way, and a new model offers a way out.
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Rudd's new challenge: fix schools
Ross Gittins I guess it's not a correct thing to think these days, but when I'm slaving over a hot chopping board in the kitchen it often pops into my head: a woman's work is never done.
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Low rates not always best option
Ross Gittins I think I can safely predict this will be another year of much fuss about rising interest rates and worsening home loan affordability.
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Abbott can't escape climate change and taxes
Ross Gittins Tony Abbott's stated intention to have ''a strong and effective climate change policy'' that doesn't involve either an emissions trading scheme or a carbon tax is rife with internal contradictions.
