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Stephen Kinsella on moral hazard
09/11/2010
"Everyone from the Financial Regulator to the staff in RTE to my mother will cry ‘Moral Hazard!’ when talking about bailing out homeowners who …
Unemployment, emigration and growth
Tom O'Connor 09/11/2010
Tom O'Connor: The seasonally adjusted unemployment figures show a fall of 6,500 signing on the live register. This is totally due to emigration. In …
2011, 2014, the Bond Markets and Growth
Nat O'Connor 05/11/2010
Nat O'Connor: It seems to me that there is some confusion in the way in which international factors on Ireland's deficit are presented to the general …
October tax figures
An tSaoi 05/11/2010
An Saoi: Seamus Coffey from UCC has produced an excellent analysis of the October Tax Returns on his site Economic Incentives. There you will find a …
They didn't even number the pages
Michael Taft 05/11/2010
Michael Taft: Let me see if I get this. The Government produces a new set of projections yesterday in their Economic and Budgetary Outlook (a new …
Are the IMF so bad?
Rory O'Farrell 05/11/2010
Rory O'Farrell: Obviously, they don't have such a great past record, but here is an interesting speech by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director …
Information Note on Economic and Budgetary Outlook
04/11/2010
The Govenrment's Information Note on the Economic and Budgetary Outlook 2011-2014 is now available for download here.
Jobs ....
04/11/2010
"Lack of demand for workers, not the welfare system, is at the core of the current unemployment problem". You can read the rest of Professor Brian …
Has Unemployment Stabilised?
Nat O'Connor 04/11/2010
Nat O'Connor: Unemployed decreased by 6,600 (seasonally adjusted) if you compare October 2010 figures with those of September 2010. Yet, October’s …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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 …