Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins is the Economics Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.

Ross's recent articles

ROSS GITTINS. Treasury must prevail against 'pushy young punks'

The challenge for Treasury, the Productivity Commission and the rest is to be less doctrinal less true to the one true economic rationalist faith - and more practical in giving advice that satisfies the pollies' ever-present need to do something without the something they do causing a lot of harm,maybe even some good.

ROSS GITTINS. Government losing its resistance to rent-seeking businesses

I'm starting to suspect the federal government of whatever colour has lost its ability to control its own spending.

How we can do better on education. (Jean Blackburn Oration)

When you do so little to require the winners from economic change to compensate the losers, and then, whether by accident or design, you have an influx of immigrants, you end up with Trump, Brexit and the resurrection of One Nation.

ROSS GITTINS. Outlook for Australian politics and government in 2017.

The area of economic reform where the governments performance has been most egregious is on policy to ease our transition to a low-carbon economy and honour our commitments at the Paris conference. Leaving aside Abbotts role in our policy regression, Turnbulls disservice to the nation was to swear off introducing a carbon intensity scheme.

Ross Gittins. Launch of book by Menadue and Keating.

Sydney, Thursday, November 5, 2015   Paul Samuelson, the famous American economist, is said to have remarked that the stockmarket has predicted nine of the past five recessions. I thought of that this week and decided the Canberra press gallery could top it: the gallery has predicted nine of the past two early elections. They were at it again last weekend, reporting that, with the Coalition now riding high in the polls, serious thought was being given to calling an election - per force a double dissolution - early next year. It was an unconvincing proposition and, perhaps...

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