lightning strikes twice

by Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins must be the best journalist in Australia.  He deals with real issues that affect the everyday of lives of almost all Australians (as opposed to “news” journalists who write about issues that do not affect us), and he writes in such a clear and understandable manner as to make economics accessible even to those who have no more qualification than simply being alive.

A great example (and a not so subtle sales pitch for his book) is in this article.

While Gittins covers a lot of ground, his ultimate message is not that different from Clive Hamilton (of Growth Fetish and Affluenza fame) — that we need to get better at being satisfied with what we’ve got before we can really enjoy life.