ROSS GITTINS

If you think Scott Morrison’s been busy doing not very much since the election in May, you are much mistaken. In truth he’s been very busy ...

The mid-year budget update we’ll see next Monday presents the government and its econocrats with a threshold question: can their battered cr...

I usually pooh-pooh all alleged recessions that have to be qualified with an adjective. With recessions, it’s the whole economy or nothing. ...

In the world of paid work, women still have a lot to complain about: unequal pay and promotion, still-inadequate childcare, and a tax and be...

Dr Philip Lowe, governor of the Reserve Bank, is one of the smartest economists in the land. You don’t get a PhD from the Massachusetts Inst...

The big economic development this week was Reserve Bank governor Dr Philip Lowe giving the financial markets’ expectations about QE – “quant...

The nation’s economic elite – politicians of all colours, businesspeople and economists – long ago decided we need to grow our population as...

As someone who, back in the day, did his share of being one of Paul Keating’s pet shop galahs – screeching "more micro reform!" ev...

If you don’t like the term "secular stagnation" you can follow former Bank of England governor Mervyn King and say that, since the...

You have to hand it to Scott Morrison. He is, without doubt, the most skillful politician we’ve seen since John Howard. He runs rings aroun...