ROSS GITTINS
ECONOMICS EDITOR, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Our leaders would do better if their followers were thinking harder
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Much has been said about the failures of Scott Morrison, Daniel Andrews and Gladys Berejiklian in our never-ending struggle to keep on top o...
Monday, August 2, 2021
Privatisation has done too much to perpetuate monopolies
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It always disturbs me to see how few of our econocrats and economic rationalists – “neo-liberals” to their lefty critics – are willing to ac...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Don’t be surprised if the economy surprises on the downside
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The economy has been on a roller-coaster since the virus arrived early last year, dipping one minute, soaring the next. Now, with the Delta ...
Monday, July 26, 2021
The real reason we’ve hit policy gridlock: fear of public opinion
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You don’t have to agree we owe big business a living to know that our public policies are far from perfect and that every government’s job i...
Friday, July 23, 2021
Reduced competition between businesses is harming productivity
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In the search for explanations of the slowdown in productivity improvement, the world’s economists are closing in on one of the significant ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Getting to net-zero emissions an easier ride than some want to think
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I have a mate who – in normal times, anyway – gives me a lift to the gym in his new all-electric Mercedes. He loves its lack of engine noise...
Monday, July 19, 2021
Reality is catching up with our freeloading, populist climate deniers
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Don’t be taken in by the Morrison government’s outraged cries of “protectionism” against the EU plan to impose a carbon tariff on our export...
Friday, July 16, 2021
Reform not a dirty word when it benefits the many, not the few
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The idea that the economy needs to be “reformed” has been hijacked by the business lobby groups. Their notion of reform involves making life...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
The economy’s job is to serve our good health
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What a tough, tricky world we live in. There we were, starting to think the pandemic – for us, at least – was pretty much over bar the jabbi...
Monday, July 12, 2021
Don't believe the boys who cry 'interest rates to rise'
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Heard the talk that a rise in interest rates is getting closer? So’s Christmas. Here’s my advice: the greatest likelihood is that a rise is ...
Friday, July 9, 2021
Little sign Morrison is serious about improving productivity
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Improving the economy’s productivity is so central to lifting our material standard of living that politicians and big business people talk ...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
The real reason the budget may stay in deficit for the next 40 years
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If you follow a rule that when a politician cries “look over there!” you make sure you stay looking over here, there’s much to be deduced fr...
Monday, July 5, 2021
Our aspirations for a Big Australia need a big trim
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Almost all the nation’s business people, economists and politicians believe too much population growth is never enough. But if there’s one t...
Friday, July 2, 2021
Business lobbies use the productivity slump for rent-seeking
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It’s encouraging to see the scepticism with which this week’s intergenerational report from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been greeted. Any ...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Sorry, I'm too old to believe an ageing population is a terrible thing
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If ever there was an exercise that, since its inception, has overpromised and under-delivered, it’s the alleged Intergenerational Report. A ...
Monday, June 14, 2021
Slowly, economists are revealing the weaknesses in their theories
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Economics is changing. It’s relying less on theorising about how the economy works, and more on testing to see whether there’s hard empirica...
Friday, June 11, 2021
Why people can be much nicer than economists assume
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There’s a lot you can learn about the world of work – and human nature in general – from studying economics. Then again, there’s a lot you c...
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