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Basel III, pensions and the recapitalisation of Irish banks

An tSaoi 11/02/2010

An Saoi: Wednesday’s Financial Times had a very interesting article on proposed changes in banking rules under Basel III. Sensibly, the Bank of …

Spring Alliance ...

Paul Sweeney 10/02/2010

Paul Sweeney: In 2009, the Spring Alliance was established with the four key civil society groups within the European Union: the European …

A disastrous approach to disaster capitalism

Colm O'Doherty 09/02/2010

Colm O'Doherty: The captivation of our Fianna Fail-led government by the Milton Friedman /Chicago School policy trinity of privatization, government …

"Soaring jobless, plunging benefits ..."

08/02/2010

"Ireland has experienced near-depression conditions over the past 18 months, and the expectation that budget cuts will lead to spontaneous recovery …

Government policies

Tom O'Connor 08/02/2010

Tom O'Connor: The exchequer figures published last week show that government tax revenues have fallen by €700 million from €3.7 billion in …

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 …

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