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Ireland, low pay, and the Living Wage
Robert Sweeney 18/12/2019
The idea that work should pay is a key component of our social contract. Without adequate pay, the ability to live a life that is independent and …
The Future of Work in Rural Communities in Ireland
Sean McCabe 13/12/2019
The Carnegie UK Trust-TASC Ensuring Good Future Jobs essay collection describes many of the key challenges faced by workers in Ireland today, and …
Future Jobs in Ireland
Douglas White 22/11/2019
I had the opportunity to be in Dublin earlier this month for the Irish Government’s ‘Future of Jobs’ summit. One year on from the first such …
Thomas Piketty’s New Book
Jean Pisani-Ferry 19/11/2019
Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century blended history, statistics, and theory. Capital and Ideology his new magnum opus, is long …
How to Prevent Social Nimbyism?
Colm O'Doherty 15/11/2019
The Problem Social nimbyism and social exclusion as witnessed in Achill, Ballinamore and Oughterard are not new occurrences in this country. Attempts …
The Irish fiscal straitjacket
Robert Sweeney 30/10/2019
These are eventful times for the Irish economy. We are told a variety of ‘storm clouds’ have been forming internationally which, it is claimed, …
Ireland’s recovery
Paul Sweeney 24/10/2019
If procyclical domestic policies inflated Ireland’s economic bubble, procyclical austerity demanded by the troika makes Ireland’s recovery all …
Reflections on the TASC Ahead
Gail Irvine 21/10/2019
In October, TASC (the Think Tank for Action on Social Change) held the first of a number of planned events to mark their 20th anniversary, billed as …
Ireland’s route from boom to bubble to bust
Paul Sweeney 15/10/2019
Ireland’s volatile economic path of recent decades has wider European policy implications The ‘Celtic Tiger’, Ireland’s rapid …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …