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Taking stock: 2010
Slí Eile 22/12/2009
Slí Eile: Following previous blogs about the principles underlying a progressive strategy for economic recovery with fairness, here are another …
NAMA revelations
Nat O'Connor 21/12/2009
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Times has a series of articles on NAMA, based on documents they got through freedom of information requests. These include a …
Out of recession?
Slí Eile 19/12/2009
Slí Eile: There are three types of economists - those who can count and those who cannot count. Counting two quarters of growth in GDP in a row …
Spinning our way out of recession
Paul Sweeney 17/12/2009
Paul Sweeney: A small increase of 0.3% in GDP in Q3 of 2009 means that Ireland is no longer in recession according to some economists, and this was …
Hunter commentators and the vanity of ignorance
Colm O'Doherty 17/12/2009
Colm O'Doherty: It’s true, every cloud has a silver lining. The ongoing political crisis - stemming from the failure of politicians to increase …
NAMA debt
Michael Burke 17/12/2009
Michael Burke: Leading critics of NAMA argued prior to its inception that it would provide no new credit in the economy. Writing in today's Irish …
Using the recession as an opportunity for Irish economic development
Tom O'Connor 17/12/2009
Tom O'Connor: The ESRI expect national income GNP to fall by 9.4% overall in 2009, and by a further 1.8% in 2010, with growth returning in the last …
The Dutch experience
Michael Burke 17/12/2009
Michael Burke: There is a very useful post here on the reflationary policies in The Netherlands. The Dutch join a long list of European countries …
"It's positive from a fiscal perspective"
Slí Eile 16/12/2009
Slí Eile: Haven’t heard much from Bank of Ireland Chief Economist, Dan McLaughlin, of late but this statement must qualify as Quote of the Day: …
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