I read the daily Pearls and Irritations email without fail.

I read the daily Pearls and Irritations email without fail and usually find various pieces I want to read. Its speciality is comments on current policy debates from former senior public servants, who write with insight and much more candour than they did in former times.

Ross Gittins is the Economics Editor at the Sydney Morning Herald

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