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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 …

Tallaght Hospital controversy: An apposite quote

An tSaoi 14/03/2010

An Saoi: I recently came across the following comment from an interview with Dr. Giovanni Berlinguer, professor of Social Medicine and younger …

Slash and Burn

Paul Sweeney 13/03/2010

Paul Sweeney: Michael Burke is correct in saying that competitive devaluation does not work. It does not matter what so many economists think, or …

The fallacy of competitive deflation

Michael Burke 11/03/2010

Michael Burke: One of the key planks of government economic policy is the notion of 'competitive deflation'. It has another airing here, where it is …

Reply to Dr Constantin Gurdgiev

Nat O'Connor 10/03/2010

Nat O'Connor: Dr Constantin Gurdgiev, Adjunct Lecturer in Finance at TCD, posted a lengthly response to TASC’s open letter to the Irish Times. You …

The TASC letter: Fiscally consolidating what?

Michael Taft 10/03/2010

Michael Taft: The TASC letter raised the prospect of ‘restructuring taxation and expenditure in a progressive and expansionary manner’. This begs …

The debate begins

Michael Burke 09/03/2010

Michael Burke: The Open Letter is being discussed over at Irish Economy. Two interesting counter-thrusts, which are not entirely new. One is that the …

All the wrong options have been pursed: open letter in today's Irish Times

08/03/2010

28 economists, social scientists and economic analysts (many of them familiar to PE readers) have written an open letter, published in today's Irish …

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