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New report shows over €8 out of every €10 of pensions tax relief goes to top earners

Gerard Hughes 25/11/2009

Gerry Hughes: In a series of reports on our pension system, TASC and the TCD Pension Policy Research Group have argued that the tax relief on pension …

Getting behind the Madoff Curve?

James Wickham 24/11/2009

James Wickham: One convenient justification for high pay is that the more people are paid, the harder they work and the greater their output will be. …

The hall of mirrors

Michael Taft 24/11/2009

Michael Taft: A number of commentators have referred to the fact that Irish public expenditure is ‘rising faster’ than almost any other European …

Privatisation costs

24/11/2009

"Privatising healthcare is a costly business. Increasing privatisation in Ireland has coincided with an increase in health spending of, on average, …

A Social Dis-Grace

Slí Eile 23/11/2009

Slí Eile: "Why, then, is there such an emphasis on cutting public expenditure and on the McCarthy Report (when services in health, education, …

Authoritarian Capitalism

Nat O'Connor 23/11/2009

Nat O'Connor: A Wall Street Journal article raises the question of whether authoritarian capitalism is a robust alternative to liberal democratic …

IMF chief warns on exit strategy

Michael Burke 23/11/2009

Michael Burke: Report in the Financial Times, Monday November 23: "'Economic stimulus programmes, including those in the UK, should not be withdrawn …

The debate elsewhere

Michael Taft 21/11/2009

Michael Taft: With the Government and opposition parties all supporting another round of fiscal contraction (with the exception of Sinn Fein), it's …

Deal fairly and immediately with the fiscal crises

Slí Eile 19/11/2009

Slí Eile: The fiscal deficit mirrors at least two other deficits -a deficit in non-Government investment and spending and a deficit in social …

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