Blog Archive
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 …
Only growth can reduce the debt
Michael Burke 13/12/2010
Michael Burke: Over on Irish Ecoomy, Karl Whelan has initiated a useful discussion highlighting some of the differences between EU Commission and …
Beware economists bearing models
13/12/2010
The following is abridged from a post that appears on Notes on the Front. See also Nat O'Connor's post here. Michael Taft: So the 2011 budget is …
Guest post by Gerard Doyle and Tanya Lalor: Getting more bang for your buck
13/12/2010
In this guest post, Gerard Doyle and Tanya Lalor of TSA Consultancy make the case for social enterprise to be part of any future stimulus programme. …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …