Gittins Ross (56 results)

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gittins: A life among budgets, bulldust and bastardry: A Life of Budgets, Bulldust and Bastardry This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 264 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges slightly foxed. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Self Help & Motivation. ISBN: 174175092X. ISBN/EAN: 9781741750928. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB13266. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

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25.5 x 18.0cms 282pp very good+ hardback & dustwrapper The authors compare Australia to 17 other developed democracies with sections on people: government & politics; economy; work & labour fortce; government taxes & spending; health; education; inequality & social welfare' international relations; environment' science & technology; telecommunications & computing; media; family; gender; ifestyles & consumption; crime & social problems; religion values & attitudes.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition. 184 pages. 7.64x5.12x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Secondhand, Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: Ross GittinsFormat: Paperback Number of Pages: 260Ross Gittins is the economics guru of Australia. He has the extremely rare and enviable knack of making economics relevant, accessible and, most importantly of all, interesting. And Ross is a man on a mission. He wants to help us to understand just how the economy around us works, and more importantly, to help us take control of our lives, do less of what doesn't satisfy us and more of what does. Sound simple? Sound appealing? You bet. While the very word 'economics' strikes fear in the hearts of many, as the great English economist Alfred Marshall puts it, economics is the study of mankind in the ordinary business of life. And it's this ordinary business of life that Ross Gittins wants to explain to us: be it to do with work, leisure and the shortage of time; homes and housework; buying and saving; parents and their kids; kids and their education; not to mention our happiness and the things that may threaten it - crime, taxation, health and ageing. Economics is the stuff of life, our life, and we need to understand it. Written in his trademark friendly and accessible style, Gittinomics sums up all the things Ross wants to share with us after more than 30 years as an acclaimed economic journalist on The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Gittinomics is for everyone who's never really understood economics, but was too embarrassed to admit it. Go on, what have you got to lose? Secondhand, Paperback.

Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: Ross GittinsFormat: Paperback Number of Pages: 256Most economists are obsessed with financial and economic measures, but not Ross Gittins. In The Happy Economist he mounts a provocative and persuasive case for a different approach. He argues that happiness is our most important measure of economic success. Distilling the practical wisdom from all the recent scientific study of happiness by psychologists and economists, Ross claims that happiness isn't about maintaining a forced smile or a self-centred concern to maximise pleasure and minimise pain, but about living a satisfying life of endeavour, achievement and mutually rewarding relationships. Most of us are happy most of the time, but there is more we could do to increase our satisfaction. And a different approach by governments - with less emphasis on economic growth and efficiency, and more on preserving the planet and the social fabric - could add to 'national happiness'. The Happy Economist is a bold and insightful look at an area few economists dare to tread. It may even change your life. Paperback.

Paperback small octavo, very good condition, corner front cover creased, pages lightly toned, minimal edgewear. 303 pp. The economics correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald provides everything you need to know about how Australia and the world works. 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. Collects the best of Ross's dispatches.

Paperback. Ross Gittins, Allen & Unwin. For forty years Ross Gittins has had a ringside seat as the Australian economy has gone through radical change. He's covered forty budgets and sixteen elections, he's watched thirteen treasurers and eight prime ministers wrestle with boom and recession, debts and deficits. Few economic journalists have earned such respect for their views from participants and readers alike. His even-handedness and his clarity of vision have left countless readers better informed about how the complexities and contradictions of the modern economy affect our daily lives. Thrown into the deep end as a cadet journalist, Ross covered his first mini-budget lockup in 1974, and was soon covering the financial roller coaster ridden by the Whitlam government. From then on, no government and no treasurer has escaped analysis - he anoints Keating, Costello, and Swan as his three best - and throughout the book he critiques without fear or favour the ministers and bureaucrats who have shaped our economic wellbeing. This son of a Salvation Army major and one-time accountant is an old school journo through and through. With four decades of printers' ink in his veins, he dissects the newspaper game, remembers the great editors and journalists who have sharpened our minds and his, and lays down some hard facts about a hard future. Honest, robust and intelligent, Gittins is as insightful and entertaining as the man himself. Paperback.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.10x5.50x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Fine. Unused, slight shelfwear, like new.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 264 pages. 8.11x5.51x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 282 pages.

Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tables, minor edgewear jacket, bottom edge lightly marked, little pencil annotation. 282 pp. A very good reference book that compares Australia with 17 other developed democracies on a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. A double-page spread is devoted to each topic, with tables on one page and a clear explanation and analysis on the facing page.

Hardback. How Australia Compares is a handy reference that compares Australia with seventeen other developed countries across a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. Whenever possible, it gives not only snapshot comparisons from the present, but charts trends over recent decades or even longer. Encyclopaedic in scope, it provides statistics for a huge range of human activity, from taxation to traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, interest rates to internet usage. This new edition is fully revised and updated, and features two new chapters: The Howard Impact and The Search for Scoreboards. New sections include obesity, advertising, broadband internet access, childcare and corruption. Information is highly accessible with double-page spreads for each topic. Tables and graphs are presented on one page, and clear explanation and analysis on the facing page. In each discussion the focus is to put the Australian experience into international perspective, drawing out the implications for the nation's performance, policies and prospects. 2004. First edition. A fine copy in a very good d/w.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Edition Unstated. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Economics; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 19047. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 303 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

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Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 10.75x8.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

4to. 282pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. A fine copy. . First edition. Detailed and scholarly.