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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Be a happy taxpayer - the system benefits you
Ross Gittins Listening to all the argy-bargy over the budget update makes you think - what strange things budgets are.
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Stop grumbling about tax, we all benefit along the way
Ross Gittins Our tax system shows we live in a fairly caring and civilised society.
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Opportunity knocks, but the door has to open both ways
Ross Gittins When governments make grand policy unveilings, as Julia Gillard has with her white paper on the Asian Century, it's terribly tempting for people in jobs like mine to sit back and criticise.
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Fat cats that got cream in super tax deal are breaking the bank
Ross Gittins One thing that gets me going is comfortably-off people who feel sorry for themselves: those who complain how hard it is to get by on $150,000 a year, or retired people who profess to be...
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These well-off retirees' claims are a bit rich
Ross Gittins Tax concessions on super take a huge toll on the federal budget.
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Messy end to spend after fiscal bulimia
Ross Gittins It's taken me too long to realise it, but when I retired for a quiet meal after the federal budget lock-up this month, it struck me: there's truth to the opposition's charge that Labor is a big...
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With fingers down the throat, Labor gorges and splurges into the future
Ross Gittins A thirst to spend and a desire to stay in surplus cohabit uneasily.
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It pays to put happiness on a pedestal
Ross Gittins What is the role of government? What do our politicians imagine they're there to do? To put it at its broadest, I think most of us would say the role of government is to advance the wellbeing of...
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Commission will not stop outrageous executive salaries
Ross Gittins The rich and powerful are never short of experts happy to fly to their defence. But there is often a shortage of knowledgeable people willing to hold them to account.
