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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Big companies' tax avoidance blatant and shameless
Ross Gittins Paying your fair share is anathema to multinationals.
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Taxpayers can be freed from rising crime costs
Ross Gittins Although many types of crime have been declining over the past decade, there's still far too much of it.
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Eat, drink … and get on the treadmill
Ross Gittins Forgive me for saying so, but don't you think you'd be better off going for a run - or even a brisk walk - than reaching for another mince pie? (The ones my wife made this year were irresistible.)
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Lucky Country's had a lot more going for it than just chance
Ross Gittins It drew little comment, but the centrepiece of Julia Gillard's white paper on the Asian century was her target of raising Australia's standard of living - income per person - from the 13th highest in...
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Lucky country also blessed with skilful management
Ross Gittins It drew little comment, but the centrepiece of Julia Gillard's white paper on the Asian century was her target of raising Australia's standard of living - income per person - from the 13th highest in...
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We want the milk without cost of cow
Ross Gittins When you buy something in a supermarket or a department store, how much of the price you pay is the store's mark-up? And of that mark-up, how much covers the store's costs and how much is clear...
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Farmers good, big retailers bad - could that really be true?
Ross Gittins As you shop, think about all the costs involved in getting a product to the shelves.
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An ugly truth: it's time we raised taxes
Ross Gittins Smaller government means squeezing public services spending.
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Don't judge government by its size
Ross Gittins In the early 1980s, not long after I got into the economic commentary business, Maggie Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were riding high and the great enthusiasm of the moment was the need for Smaller...
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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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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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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.
