Blog Archive
Ireland after NAMA - New Blog
Sean Ó Riain 02/12/2009
Sean O Riain: There is a new and interesting blog written mainly, but not exclusively, by geographers at http://irelandafternama.wordpress.com/ For a …
Principle 5 - Up the Game - Compete on new knowledge and Services
Slí Eile 29/11/2009
Slí Eile: The current economic crisis is forcing us to move away from strategies that rely on a combination of dependence on foreign direct …
Paper by Niamh Hardiman - Impact of the Crisis on the Irish Political System
Slí Eile 29/11/2009
Slí Eile: The paper by Niamh Hardiman last Thursday has been widely acclaimed as a signficant contribution to the debate on political economy. You …
Ireland and Dubai
Paul Sweeney 29/11/2009
Paul Sweeney: The Irish economy could collapse? Is this possible? The editorial in Saturday’s Financial Times (28th November 2009), on Dubai, …
4th Principle: Defend public services in health, education, welfare and housing
Slí Eile 26/11/2009
Slí Eile: In recent previous blogs I have suggested a number of high-level Principles to inform a progressive alternative to the current TINA. Here …
Guest post by JJR: Shifting the tax burden from business to employees will not create jobs
JJR 26/11/2009
JJR: Fine Gael frontbenchers may not take their lead from the Obama administration, but when White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, said last year …
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 …
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Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …