Jessica Irvine

Jessica Irvine

Jessica Irvine has been writing about economics for Fairfax since 2005, including a two-year stint in the Canberra Press Gallery. She has an honours degree in Economics (Social Sciences) from the University of Sydney. Her first book Zombies, bananas and why there are no economists in heaven: The economics of real life is available as an ebook and in hard copy

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To market, to market for the ultimate mates' rates

Jessica Irvine This week we enjoyed a glimpse of a largely invisible and previously poorly understood part of the universe. No, not the Higgs boson. The LIBOR.

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The bigger picture: think small and dream of life in a better world

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Jessica Irvine Sometimes, while waiting for a bus or stuck in Sydney traffic, it's hard not to feel a teensy bit jealous of China.

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Housing outlook remains grim for the forgotten people

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Jessica Irvine What if we had a housing affordability crisis and nobody cared?

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