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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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.
Bad-luck budget won't win any friends, but nor should it
Ross Gittins This is a deceptively tough budget. It won’t impress people – either with its parsimony or its generosity - but that’s not the measure of a good budget.
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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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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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The elusive sweet spot in the middle
Ross Gittins Individualism or state interference? A mix of both is desirable in life.
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Jump off the policy pendulum
Ross Gittins I like Americans. I have American friends, and I remember a trivial incident that endeared me to Americans forever.
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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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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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How the puny Pacific Peso became a pumped-up dollar
Ross Gittins Last week a picture of Australia's Reserve Bank governor, Glenn Stevens, appeared on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, a rare occurrence.
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Jobless fall by the wayside in crusade to harness grey power
Ross Gittins Are you appalled by the greedy decision by the state governments to appropriate a quarter of the hard-won $32-a-week age pension increase from singles living in public housing? Do you share the view...
