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| Introduction Why there are no economists in heaven |
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Chapter 1 Yes, we have no bananas |
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Counting the cost of Cyclone Yasi |
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Yes, you are paying too much for bananas |
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New Zealand: shake, then watch it grow |
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High heels and bananas versus the Dow Jones |
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Home brew is downright un-Australian |
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Should we give a stuff about making stuff? |
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Chapter 2 A few home truths |
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Doing their Block over housing costs |
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First home buyers---debt becomes them |
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Portrait of a nation, squid jiggers and all |
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Household habits: it's all in the detail |
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Home is where the hard work is |
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Compare the value and close the gender pay gap |
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Chapter 3 Can economics make you skinny? |
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Doing the sums on weight loss is simple |
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The sweet tooth of Easter |
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Australia's top sport is couch sitting |
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Like cholesterol, inequality cuts both ways |
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Work? It's enough to make you sick |
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Chapter 4 The economics of love |
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A mathematical formula for true love? |
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Here comes the bride, all dressed in red |
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Just following the trend, our Kate and Wills |
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Why economists make miserable Christmas gift givers |
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Equality for all couples, straight or gay |
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Chapter 5 Yours irrationally |
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Like being on a rollercoaster in the dark |
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Figures debunk the myths of asylum seekers |
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Rockonomics: the economics of boy bands |
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Get a grip, for crisis' sake |
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Chapter 6 A helping hand for the invisible hand |
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Just who's running this show anyway? |
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Markets work but can't provide fairness |
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Weasel words pollute clarity of carbon price |
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A carbon tax that tickles, not cripples |
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Broadband plan lacks details, but not vision |
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Australian car industry gets royal treatment |
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Time for a debate we can all bank on |
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Chapter 7 Bottom lines and other taxing matters |
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The inside scoop on the budget lock-up |
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Fix the fiscal roof when it's sunny |
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Election porkometer a well-fed beast |
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Tax breaks add up to a big minus |
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The taxman's little ray of sunshine |
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Chapter 8 Political tantrums and tiaras |
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Politicians storm the small screen |
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Pitfalls of the celebrity/politician |
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Actors who are great foils |
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Don't cry for me, Labor leader |
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Chapter 9 Zombies, NINJAs and the GFC |
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Cod help Iceland, because it's one crisis after another |
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European knives are out as budgets sliced and debts diced |
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American QE2 sets course using familiar charts |
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Hope lives on for the undead of banking |
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India: building for the future |
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China boom about more than dirt |
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Chapter 10 The Aussie economy |
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Chilean miners: below the surface, we're the same |
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The upside of interest rate rises |
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Managing boom still a challenge |
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How much does mining really contribute? |
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One Aussie dollar now serious coin |
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| Acknowledgements |
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