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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Rates gap a fair price to pay for safer banks
Ross Gittins As I'm sure you've gathered, a surprising number of our industries are going through a painful, job-shifting process economists euphemistically refer to as ''structural adjustment''.
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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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The four industries that rule Australia
Ross Gittins Like most, I believe in democracy. But I also believe in capitalism, and though the two have usually been seen in the West as a good fit, of late I'm having doubts.
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Prudence is back - and it's about time, too
Ross Gittins One of the first lessons economists teach us is that the economy moves in cycles of boom and bust. A second, trickier lesson is that although most of the changes going on in the economy at any moment...
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Dear prudence, you've come back to stay
Ross Gittins It's better for businesses to adapt to the way the world now works.
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Putting the weekend to death
Ross Gittins The push for a 24-hour, seven-day work week is on again. It might be good for business, but is it good for us?
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Workers pay the penalty for one-way flexibility
Ross Gittins Whether or not they realise what they're doing, Australia's business people, economists and politicians are in the process of dismantling the weekend and phasing out public holidays.
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It's too soon to crow at the Reserve's big surprise
Ross Gittins IF YOU are a borrower, don't be too cock-a-hoop that the Reserve Bank has cut its official rate by half a percentage point rather than the usual quarter.
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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.
