Blog Archive

How good is our export performance?

Rory O'Farrell 23/12/2010

Rory O'Farrell: The government's policy (its probably overly generous to call it a policy, more the rationale give for their various mistakes) is to …

Are Irish Managers up to the task?

21/12/2010

The Irish Times carries an interesting report on the mediocre performance of Irish management. This is consistent with previous reports (available …

It's just not fair (a Ben Hur tale)

Homo economicus 20/12/2010

Homo economicus: It's just not fair. We have been at sea for two years and have faced almighty storms and attacks from raiding speculator vessels. We …

Moneylending

Nat O'Connor 20/12/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Irish Times reports on the €113 million owed to legal moneylenders, who can charge over 180 per cent interest. This is not a new …

Over the top lads: Why Intelligent People are Getting it Wrong

Rory O'Farrell 19/12/2010

Rory O'Farrell: During a walk through Passchendaele in Flanders one is confronted by monuments to the stupidity of man. During the First World War …

Listening to common sense

Slí Eile 18/12/2010

Slí Eile: Sometimes we don't like listening to one of our own. Hence, expertise from outside is used to reassure us. Take David McWilliams. The …

Four Truths about the Irish situation (and one possible solution)

Nat O'Connor 17/12/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Government's four-year recovery plan doesn't address the issue of the banks. Without addressing this issue, the credibility of the …

Guest post by Martin O'Dea: Concrete progress

16/12/2010

Martin O'Dea lectures in Management and Human Resource Management at the Dublin Business School There is an understanding of the errors in our …

Slashing the Minimum Wage: Olli made us do it (or: never let facts get in the way)

Tom McDonnell 14/12/2010

Tom McDonnell: Over the weekend, a Government TD insisted on RTE's Week in Politics programme that we should ask Olli Rehn why the minimum wage was …

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