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Likely tax yield in 2010

An tSaoi 14/11/2009

An Saoi: Earlier this year in April the Dept. of Finance estimated that the tax take for 2009 would be €34,400M. Now, just seven months later they …

Public Sector Pay - new data insights

Slí Eile 14/11/2009

Slí Eile: In a recent paper to the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, Statisticians at the CSO have presented further analysis of …

Facts, foreigners and the Mayor

13/11/2009

Earlier this week, Limerick Mayor Kevin Kiely reportedly proposed that EU nationals who fail to obtain employment should be deported, suggesting that …

The Procrustean bed of statistics

Michael Taft 12/11/2009

Michael Taft: In Greek mythology the rogue Procrustes had an iron bed in which guests were invited to rest on. He would then hold them down and, if …

The future just got worse

Michael Taft 12/11/2009

Michael Taft: The EU Commission has announced that Ireland will get an extension to the target date for return to Maastricht compliance. Instead of …

Home truths from abroad

Michael Burke 11/11/2009

Michael Burke: It’s in the nature of a globalised economy that all economies tend to exhibit a specific combination of global trends. For a small …

Balanced media?

Slí Eile 09/11/2009

Slí Eile: Scaring? Balanced? A sample of headlines from the Sunday papers last weekend FW: Main Headlines Today's Newspapers Sunday 8 November, …

'O make me a Keynesian (but not yet)' ?

Slí Eile 09/11/2009

Slí Eile: The entry by UK economist David Blanchflower into the domestic economic debate (re-flation versus deflation) created a stir last week. For …

John Baker on The Spirit Level

09/11/2009

John Baker of UCD's School of Social Justice has just posted an illuminating review of Wilkinson & Pickett's recent book, The Spirit Level: Why …

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