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"Ireland seems to have accepted such a future. Spain and Greece have not"
Slí Eile 12/01/2010
Slí Eile: So wrote Martin Wolf in the Financial Times last week. The context was as follows: This leaves peripheral countries in a trap: they cannot …
Some thinking from across the two waters
Michael Taft 12/01/2010
Michael Taft: Some robust progressive thinking from the US and the UK..As the UK debate is in danger of descending into which party can cut how much, …
Lobbying and de-regulation: an IMF view
Paul Sweeney 12/01/2010
Paul Sweeney: The IMF – not known as a progressive organisation – recently published a research paper which showed that those US financial …
Rising tides, luxury yachts and leaky fishing boats
James Wickham 11/01/2010
James Wickham: Everyone assumes that the aim of economic policy must be to return to "growth". But more than ever, we need to ask what sort of …
Effective tax rates in Ireland
Proinnsias Breathnach 11/01/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: I sent the following letter to the Irish Times in early December, but like my article on competitiveness, it failed to make it …
Reduced costs are not the route to export competitiveness
Proinnsias Breathnach 11/01/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: I sent the following to the Irish Times in early December but it wasn't published: The ability to penetrate export markets is …
Mirror, mirror on the wall: who is the most deflationary of them all?
Slí Eile 10/01/2010
Slí Eile: The ESRI authors of their latest Quarterly Economic Commentary make the following two claims: ‘In spite of popular perceptions, analysis …
A long time in the hole
Michael Taft 07/01/2010
Michael Taft: I’ve touched on this subject before but given the New Year and the apparent ‘green shoots’ that are emerging (or the alleged …
Exchequer figures: turning a corner or heading into a cul-de-sac?
An tSaoi 05/01/2010
An Saoi: Well, the end of year Exchequer Figures have arrived and are far better, or should I say are less worse, than was expected. The figures are …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …