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Countering left-wing ideology
Slí Eile 30/11/2010
Slí Eile: It may have come to the attention of readers of this blog-site that contributors are ideologically of the left espousing solutions and …
Michael Burke in the Guardian: who's being bailed out?
29/11/2010
Somewhat belated, but here is a link to PE blogger Michael Burke's opinion piece in Saturday's Guardian newspaper.
Ireland, bond markets and democracy
29/11/2010
"Making the “market” the actor abstracts from the real world of speculators and financial fraud. It facilitates the mythology that the …
UNITE letter to opposition parties
Michael Taft 29/11/2010
Michael Taft: Today, Jimmy Kelly, Regional Secretary of the trade union UNITE, sent a letter to the leaders of the opposition parties – Fine Gael, …
Implications of the IMF deal
Tom O'Connor 29/11/2010
Tom O'Connor: The IMF deal which has just being announced should be filed under fairy stories. It is economically unrealistic and would be an …
The story keeps shifting
Slí Eile 28/11/2010
Slí Eile: 28 November we are told (1) 'Without this external support, the State would not be able to raise the funds required to pay for key public …
Never a reckless lender be
Tom McDonnell 26/11/2010
Tom McDonnell: One of the images below is from Patrick Honohan's paper in the Economic and Social Review June 2009. If you combine the two you can …
Four-Year Plan: Tax Expenditure
Nat O'Connor 26/11/2010
Nat O'Connor: I'm going to call the National Recovery Plan "the four-year plan" because I believe we should encourage the next government to publish …
Upcoming events ...
25/11/2010
PE readers may be interested in a few upcoming events. On the morning of Saturday, November 27th, the Labour Party will be holding its Pre-Budget …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …