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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Upside to economy's downside
Ross Gittins Pessimists who saw an economy in bad shape are finally being vindicated, and an election win may be their reward.
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Pessimists may finally get it right
Ross Gittins As far as the economy's concerned, 2013 will be the year when many people's dreams come true. For at least the past two years, many of us - business people and consumers alike - have been convinced...
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Carbon tax won't hurt much but we don't want to know
Ross Gittins When psychologists study those sects that predict the end of the world on a certain day, they find the leaders rarely willing to admit they were wrong and their true believers rarely willing to admit...
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Shift minds on a tax? Unlikely
Ross Gittins People who feel carbon tax is terrible will continue to think this way, whatever the reality.
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To a morning sunrise of raised expectation and lowered fear
Ross Gittins When we wake up tomorrow, Australia will have carbon pricing. How will its effects compare with those expected?
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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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Here's a view of the world at 2050 - if you dare to look
Ross Gittins The rising demands on our planet's resources require policy action.
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Human cost of inaction incalculable
Ross Gittins Do you ever wonder how the environment - the global ecosystem - will cope with the continuing growth in the world population plus the rapid economic development of China, India and various other...
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Punters well aware of economic case against more immigration
Ross Gittins The Big Australia issue has gone quiet since the election but it hasn't gone away. It can't go away because it's too central to our future and, despite Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott's rare agreement...
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Carbon price is no fix-all
Ross Gittins Gillard slashes sundry green programs, wrongly believing a price on carbon will suffice.
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Our economy has a lot more going for it than minerals
Ross Gittins Australia's resources boom is just one part of its sustained success.
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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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Food figures overcooked
Ross Gittins Australia is a net importer of food? Time to turn up the bulldust detector.
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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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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.
