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Usury
Nat O'Connor 08/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: One of the interesting minor features of the Finance Bill 2010 is that certain changes were made to Irish law to make it easier for …
Note from Admin: Comment rules
06/02/2010
progressive-economy@TASC welcomes and aims to promote lively debate. However, please note that inappropriate or discourteous comments will not be …
Any initial thoughts on the Finance Bill 2010?
Nat O'Connor 05/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: I'm still reading through the Finance Bill, but I want to put up this post to give readers a space to post any comments over the …
Uno duce, una voce
Nat O'Connor 05/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: I cannot allow two recent stories in the papers to go by without comment. Today's Irish Independent reports (in a story about Enda …
Finance Bill 2010
04/02/2010
The Finance Bill 2010 is now available for download here, and the explanatory memorandum is available here.
Finance, NTMA and FOI
Nat O'Connor 04/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Story (freedom of information blog) offer an insight into why the Minster for Finance transfered powers to the NTMA yesterday: "One …
Lies, damned lies and statistics: car scrappage scheme
An tSaoi 04/02/2010
An Saoi: On Tuesday morning Alan Nolan of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry was on Morning Ireland and made reference to the increase in car …
Where have all the taxes gone?
An tSaoi 02/02/2010
An Saoi: Today’s tax figures were a shock, even to me. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so surprised as the Central Bank’s report for December had …
McCarthy on fiscal correction - advice to Scotland
Slí Eile 02/02/2010
Slí Eile: Never shy to expound, economist Colm McCarthy, of Bord Snip fame imparted wit and neo-liberal orthodoxy last week in Edinburgh. See an …
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