Ross Gittins reminds me of the zen archer who extinguishes a candle in the dark. Citations and degrees not needed. Just lots of practise at knowing where the problem is and aiming for its heart.

Within weeks of landing in Sydney, I found myself sitting across the table from a celebrity. Specifically, as Ross Gittins puts it, the rock star of high school economics.

Ross Gittins; Latest. Opinion; Productivity; If bulldusting about productivity was productive, we’d all be billionaires. Usually if a business isn’t improving its output, the managers aren’t ...

Ross Gittins; Latest. Opinion; Productivity; If bulldusting about productivity was productive, we’d all be billionaires. Usually if a business isn’t improving its output, the managers aren’t ...

The doyen of Australian economic commentators, Ross Gittins, has recorded another milestone in his extraordinary career by covering his 50th federal budget for The Sydney Morning Herald.. Gittins ...

Ross Gittins is a legend of Australian journalism. He’s written about economics – often brilliantly – for more than half a century at the Sydney Morning Herald.And he’s a friend of mine.

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One of Australia’s most respected economic writers, Ross Gittins, today marks 50 years as a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.. When Gittins started work at the Herald in February 1974 ...

Ross Gittins and Richard Holden both have it wrong. Millie Muroi Economics Writer. February 14, 2025 — 5.00am. February 14, 2025 — 5.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles ...

Once the government opens the door to taxing unrealised gains, there’s little stopping it from extending this logic to other areas.

Opinion. Richard Holden is wrong. Ross Gittins is right about the economics rot. Economists and politicians desperately want to convince themselves the world is as simple as C + I + G + (X - M).

Why Ross Gittins is wrong about supermarket price gouging. Who would have thought oligopolies can sustain competition? Woolies and Coles have increased grocery prices less than British supermarkets.