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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 …
Unit Labour Costs fall in Ireland in 3 consecutive years
Slí Eile 19/11/2009
Slí Eile: Data released by the OECD shows that Unit Labour Costs (ULC) in Ireland fell in each year 2006, 2007 and 2008 while it grew in nearly all …
Multipliers then and now
Michael Burke 19/11/2009
Michael Burke: There is further evidence that fiscal stimulus works. Kevin O'Rourke has (re)posted here a very interesting piece by Barry Eichengreen …
Social Justice Conference on Measuring Well-being
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland hosted a conference on measuring well-being (Beyond GDP: What is progress and how should it be measured?). All the …
Defend the poor and the marginalised
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: Even when Ireland recently enjoyed the status of being the sixth wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita it was not, …
Rebuilding Trust: Priority Number One
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: There is an urgent and unavoidable need to generate hope at this time. In a previous blog here, there is a series of principles which need …
Buses are not widgets
James Wickham 17/11/2009
James Wickham: In a recent article in the Irish Times (29/10/2009) Sean Barrett criticised the new Public Transport Regulation Bill. He claimed it …
Where will the jobs come from?
Michael Taft 17/11/2009
Michael Taft: Such is the focus of the debate on deficits, borrowing and related fiscal issues, we are in danger of consigning the issues of recovery …
Its all down to political choices informed by values
Slí Eile 16/11/2009
Slí Eile: We are in the midst of a global, European and national crisis – economically, politically and morally. Decisions made in the coming days …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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