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Economically damaging and fiscally irrelevant
Michael Burke, Michael Taft 22/03/2010
Michael Burke & Michael Taft: It is often stated that to reduce the fiscal deficit we must cut public spending. There is an assumption, never …
Benchmarking Working Europe
22/03/2010
The European Trade Union Institute (Brussels) has recently brought out a publication comparing European countries in areas such as income, …
Jobs and recovery
Tom O'Connor 19/03/2010
Tom O'Connor: The Labour Party are holding a public seminar in Cork tomorrow on solutions to Ireland's economic crisis. The speakers including myself …
Another take on healthcare
18/03/2010
"There is a startling commonality between the root causes and defects of the ongoing banking crisis and those that continue to gain momentum within …
Ireland still off course on deflationary path to nowhere
Slí Eile 18/03/2010
Slí Eile: The assessment by the European Commission makes for chilling reading. It states: … Despite five consolidation packages adopted since …
Report of the Innovation Taskforce
An tSaoi 17/03/2010
An Saoi: I read the Report of the Innovation Taskforce and wept. The Government’s big idea is per Brian Cowan’s piece in Saturday’s Irish Times …
Radical options for EU reform
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: In a thoughtful, radical and no doubt controversial assessment of EU economic policy Irish Left Review has cited a report: Eurozone …
Options for future economic policy in the EU
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: I very much agree with Paul Sweeney, writing on this blog site recently It seems to me that we need more effective EU institutions. We …
Really, McCoy?
Michael Burke 16/03/2010
Michael Burke: In yesterday's Irish Times, IBEC's General Director Danny McCoy said wages increased much more rapidly in Ireland than in other …
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