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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: …
Budget 2010: landlords 1, SW recipients nil
16/12/2009
in 2010, the savings made by cutting Social Welfare will be almost exactly the same as the spend on tax breaks for landlords (SW saving = €809 …
Bank Guarantees, NAMA and budgetary retrenchment
Slí Eile 14/12/2009
Slí Eile: In an article in yesterday's Business Post, Colm McCarthy made an interesting comment that should not go without attention. He wrote: The …
Budget 2010: public sector pay cuts in context
Paul Sweeney 14/12/2009
Paul Sweeney: As reported by the Financial Times, the Greek Prime Minster admitted on Friday December 11th that the Greek public sector has systemic …
Oh, for the good ol' days
Michael Taft 14/12/2009
Michael Taft: With public sector pay and social welfare cuts, with the Minister announcing a ‘national downward adjustment in wages’ (that’s …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …