Blog Archive

Guest post by Rory O'Farrell: Gombeens and Gosplan

Rory O'Farrell 19/01/2010

Rory O'Farrell: Much as the economy of the Soviet Union was criticized for having a bloated economic planning bureaucracy (Gosplan), the Irish …

Who benefits from current policy?

Michael Burke 18/01/2010

Michael Burke: There is a clear disparity between the economic policies of the Irish government and those of the other industrialised countries. …

Haiti

Slí Eile 16/01/2010

Slí Eile: The terrible human tragedy unfolding in Haiti has shocked the world. The outpouring of help and practical civic action to do something - …

Stuff happens ...

15/01/2010

As the idea of a banking enquiry gains traction here in Ireland with both the Government and the Opposition, the Financial Crisis Enquiry Commission …

Progressive Economy Review 2009 - out now!

14/01/2010

A selection of posts written during 2009 has been published as Progressive-Economy@TASC 2009 Review. The digital edition is available here:

New Statesman article on Irish fiscal policy

Slí Eile 13/01/2010

Slí Eile: This article by Ron Brown on Irish fiscal policy is worth a read.

A Progressive Plan for Dublin (and the Country)?

Nat O'Connor 13/01/2010

Nat O'Connor: Dublin City Council have launched the Draft Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017 and are actively seeking "conversations with, and …

"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, …

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