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Gittins' gospel : the economics of just about everything / Ross Gittins.

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Name Gittins, Ross author
Title Gittins' gospel : the economics of just about everything / Ross Gittins.
Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2012
©2012
Description viii, 303 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes Includes bibliography.
Contents ch. 1 Introduction: The gospel according to Gittins -- ch. 2 Vintage Gittins -- Living longer, retiring later -- Markets are good---but need regulating -- Competition: a two-way street -- Politicians trash their credibility -- The sanctification of selfishness -- Why political rivalry reduces voters' options -- We're making ourselves ungovernable -- Professed reformers condone nonsense on cost of living -- The Poor Little Australia Party -- Terrorism: vast cost to feel a little more secure -- ch. 3 We're only human -- A little self-deception makes the world go round -- We're all hypocrites -- Getting in for your cut -- How our brains work -- Why we hate boat people -- Evolution, scarcity and self-control -- Why everything's relative -- Gittins' Gospel -- We're into co-operation as well as competition -- Why we all pursue happiness -- Holidays are a virtue -- ch. 4 A better way of working -- More sensible capitalism -- Don't ask an economist how to motivate people -- Memo managers: happier workers work better -- Aristotle to the rescue -- ch. 5 We're slipping on the fairness front -- Income gap is widening -- How the other half lives -- CEOs are ripping it off. So? -- ch. 6 Lies, damned lies and independent modelling -- They don't come more blatant than this -- Modeller works both sides of street -- Let the punter beware of business carbon claims -- ch. 7 The media: love 'em and hate 'em -- News isn't normal -- Too much economic news for our own good -- Media add to cost of crime -- Trust---and how it's being lost -- How economic reporting can mislead -- ch. 8 We've only got one planet -- We can't pretend climate change isn't happening -- The logic of the carbon tax package -- Welcome to Planet O -- We can't ask nature to be reasonable -- Treasury's notion of wellbeing -- Boffins working to fix GDP -- Beware of economists selling high immigration -- Growth without growth -- ch. 9 An economic espresso: strong but short -- Economics in 10 points -- Four rules to think like an economist -- Foreign investment in Australia -- The role of the sharemarket -- Economists' views more political than they admit -- Economic edifice built on our moods -- ch. 10 Biggest boom since the gold rush -- This boom will change us forever -- Sure you're getting your cut -- We've got a lot more than mining going for us -- ch. 11 Change is accelerating -- A century of structural change -- Nouveau riche countries take over world economy -- Why our saving rate has returned to normal -- Consumers shifting from goods to services -- The internet's threat to retailers -- Internet commerce will foster price competition -- Internet is bringing big change and big benefits -- ch. 12 The never-ending GFC -- What caused it -- Economists part of America's Inside Job -- This time wasn't different -- We did have a recession, but here's why it was so mild -- Don't even think it: independent advice can't be bought -- Europe is in trouble---but we don't have to worry -- ch. 13 Budgets, deficits and debt -- Deficit and debt are bogey-words -- Tax reform: the last thing we want -- How Australia keeps taxes low -- No one's trying to minimise government waste -- Don't make taxpayers subsidise status seeking -- ch. 14 Our productivity puzzle -- We have stopped attending the economic church -- We could get richer by beating ourselves up -- Shouting slogans won't advance Fair Work debate -- Why economists don't know much about productivity -- Maybe economic reform is actually worsening productivity -- Productivity performance is weak for good reasons.
Summary Almost everything you need to know about how Australia and the world works. And where it's going. Can any other economics guru claim to write the column in a daily newspaper that people turn to first? Or to pack the auditorium at a literary festival? Be it climate change, productivity, fairness, industrial relations, terrorism, media, the mining boom, the GFC, refugees and even economists themselves, every thorny topic under the sun is covered in sane and rational fashion. Gittins' Gospel collects the best of Ross's dispatches and explains almost everything you need to know about how Australia and the world works. And where it's going.
Subjects Economics -- Psychological aspects
Australia -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Australia -- Economic conditions -- 2001-
Australia -- Social life and customs -- 2001-
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