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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 …

The economics of grade inflation

Slí Eile 07/03/2010

Slí Eile: An interesting feature of the debate on 'grade inflation' (Leaving Certificate and Higher Education) in recent days is the way in which …

Cáin feabhra

An tSaoi 04/03/2010

An Saoi: The underlying tax figures for February are dire. Just look at the income tax figures. February is the month when employers send in their …

Public sector labour costs

02/03/2010

Over the past year and a half, a number of commentators have claimed that wages in the Irish public sector are high by international comparison. How …

EU 2020 Strategy

Paul Sweeney 01/03/2010

Paul Sweeney: The European Commission’s Europe 2020 Strategy is an important long term plan. It replaces the Lisbon Agenda, another long term plan. …

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