Opinion
‘Boomer fantasy’: Why fears of 1970s-style stagflation are indeed misplaced
Only a Boomer who hasn’t been paying attention could worry about a wage-price rise spiral.
- by Ross Gittins
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Opinion
Nobbling Afterpay would stifle competition and protect bank profits
Regulators should think twice before they seek to discourage Afterpay and other buy now, pay later operators.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Why interest rates are going up, and won’t be coming down
The RBA is charting a course to get inflation down by increasing interest rates. But it’s a devilish challenge.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
Perrottet’s bold re-election bid: The world’s first teal budget
This budget is your classic, all-singing, all-dancing pre-election affair, offering increased government spending on 101 different things.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Economic times are tricky, but they’re far from ‘dire’
The easily impressionable are packing down for imminent recession, while the economic cognoscenti are fretting that the economy is “overheating”.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Why Albanese needs to protect capitalism from the capitalists
If the PM wants to make our economy work better for all Australians, not just those at the top of the economic tree, he will be pro-market, not pro-business.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
What we weren’t told before the election: taxes to rise, not fall
The simple, obvious truth is that if we want more services without loss of quality, we’ll have to pay higher taxes.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
‘Education’ is why federal voting patterns are changing
Education levels, particularly among women, and not income, are a key reason why voters have shifted away from the federal Liberal Party towards independents and Labor.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Treasury boss’s quiet message: Higher taxes are the cure for our budget blues
Election campaigns are full of all the wonderful things the politicians want to do to improve the services we get and reduce the taxes we pay. It’s after the election that pollies present the bill.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Albanese must stop government malice towards the jobless
Politicians on both sides have been content to pander to the prejudices of voters who are happy to see the unemployed given a hard time. If the new PM is fair dinkum, he must end the mean-mindedness.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Labor mustn’t be panicked into doing something stupid
Who’d want to be the new Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers? Like Mother Hubbard, he’s discovered the cupboard is bare, but the last thing he should do is panic.
- by Ross Gittins