Jessica Irvine

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Zombies, Bananas and Why There Are No Economists in Heaven

The Economics of Real Life

Beschreibung

Can economics help you lose weight? How does an emissions trading scheme work? Why are bananas so expensive? What really goes on inside the federal budget lock up? How can you spot a zombie bank? Does Australia take too many refugees?

Autor

Jessica Irvine is the National Economics Editor of News Limited's metro newspapers, and has previously been an economics writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, with columns appearing in The Age, The West Australian and The Brisbane Times. From 2006 to 2008 she was the Herald's economics correspondent in the federal press gallery in Canberra. She has an honours degree in Economics (Social Sciences) from the University of Sydney and lives in Sydney - but has plans to migrate if banana prices ever reach $15 a kilo again. Twitter: @Jess_Irvine

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Allen & Unwin
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 136mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781742379975
• ISBN-10: 1742379974
• Artikelnr.: 36701247