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"Liberalism in Crisis" Symposium
16/04/2010
The Department of Sociology and the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis at NUI Maynooth are holding a symposium on May 6th on …
UK Election and Economic Policy
Nat O'Connor 16/04/2010
Nat O'Connor: Beyond the glitz of party leaders in TV debates, the very fact of a UK general election is likely to influence Ireland. Election fever …
ESRI commentary
Paul Sweeney 14/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: In his latest book, “Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy,” Joseph Stiglitz slams the Irish …
Tackling unemployment is the central challenge
Tom O'Connor 13/04/2010
Tom O'Connor: In a paper delivered last month to the Labour Party economic conference in Cork, I argued that any return to economic growth would not …
A platform for more cuts
Michael Taft 12/04/2010
Michael Taft: While the public sector pay agreement is presented as a platform for negotiating a reversal of the pension levy and wage cuts, the …
Competitiveness indicators
12/04/2010
The National Competitiveness Council is currently preparing the 2010 edition of Benchmarking Ireland's Performance. In 2009, the Council used …
Fine Gael's Economics
Nat O'Connor 12/04/2010
Nat O'Connor: Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny is quoted as saying that Richard Bruton will be Minister for Finance under any FG-led government and that …
Exports 'boosted by productivity'
Rory O'Farrell 12/04/2010
Rory O'Farrell: An interesting article appeared in the Irish Times that I think was missed by a lot of people. Dan McLaughlin of Bank of Ireland said …
Deflationary blues
Michael Taft 11/04/2010
Michael Taft: An interesting article from Michael Casey (The Big Squeeze: Deflation a threat to Irish Economy), but as it appeared in the Irish Times …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
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Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …