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Future bright for young workers
A lot of people are convinced it's just going to get worse and worse for workers in coming years.
Ross Gittins is economics editor of the SMH and an economic columnist for The Age. His books include Gittins' Guide to Economics, Gittinomics and The Happy Economist.
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A lot of people are convinced it's just going to get worse and worse for workers in coming years.
Maybe, just maybe, economic theory is not contested because it suits the rich and powerful.
In one part of our lives or another, we have a problem with self-control.
There's a reason sensible people dress up for a job interview – or wear a suit in court.
Religion sits at the heart of modern structures, even if most don't know it.
Big businesses must clean up their own behaviour before they start telling others what to do.
Has it ever occurred to you that, in all our economic striving, most of us – almost all our business people, economists and politicians, but also many normal people – are missing the point?
Whether it's a week early or not, it looks a safe bet that this year's budget will do little more than keep the wheels of government turning for another 12 months.
We've been talking about this for years, but now it's actually happening.
It's a question doubting customers have been asking me through the whole of my career: but where will all the jobs come from? We worry about jobs, convinced there's never enough of them.
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