Blog Archive

What goes around the track comes off the track

Michael Taft 15/07/2010

Michael Taft: Remember a few months ago, when ICTU proposed postponing the target year for Maastricht compliance to 2017? There was a widespread …

Dezoning land, NAMA and adding locational value

Nat O'Connor 15/07/2010

Nat O'Connor: It was reported today that "the 40,000 hectares of land zoned for residential development across the country will be reduced to 12,000 …

One step forward, one step backward, one step sideways

Michael Taft 14/07/2010

Michael Taft: The ESRI’s Summer Quarterly Economic Quarterly is full of data for just about every perspective on the economy – from the optimist …

The future looks like the past

Michael Burke 14/07/2010

Michael Burke: The latest ESRI Quartely Report is just published. Coincidentally, it follows hard on the heels of a piece by Paul Krugman in the New …

Is Irish society being sacrificed to save the bond markets?

13/07/2010

Last week's lecture by Michael O'Sullivan, together with responses by Dr Mary Murphy of NUIM and ICTU General Secretary David Begg, is now available …

China: (I) - Investment Strategy and lessons for Ireland

Paul Sweeney 11/07/2010

Paul Sweeney: When the Chinese state becomes one of the biggest shareholders in Guinness’ parent, and Volvo is bought by an obscure Chinese …

Wages in the Crisis

Rory O'Farrell 10/07/2010

Rory O'Farrell: The European Trade Union Institute has brought out a working paper on the impact of the crisis on wages in Europe (this is perhaps …

Deflation and gouging

Michael Burke 09/07/2010

Michael Burke: The deflationary trends gripping the economy are a very serious threat to any recovery and a magnification of the crisis in government …

GDP Growth and Government Policy

Nat O'Connor 08/07/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Minister for Finance is celebrating GDP growth of 2.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 as evidence of the success of …

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