Ross Gittins

More to life than going along with big bosses

Ross Gittins Keynes was wrong. He famously said that in the long run we are all dead. But since last week I've been an economic journalist for 39 years and I'm still alive to tell the tale.

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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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Ceiling on housing affordability reached, and won't be breached

Ross Gittins For years when people at dinner parties worried about houses becoming too expensive for the younger generation to afford, I used to tell them not to worry: it was logically impossible for prices to...

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Houses hit affordability ceiling, the price plateau is here to stay

Ross Gittins The decade of skyrocketing values was down to a one-off, and now it's over.

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Damned lies and economic modelling

Ross Gittins One of my resolutions this year is to spend more time trying to prevent lobby groups from using dodgy economic ''modelling'' to mislead my readers.

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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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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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