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Guest post by Michael Burke: Why is the rest of the world out of step with Ireland?

Michael Burke 05/11/2009

Michael Burke: Ever have one of those moments when you just know everyone else has got it wrong and you’ve got it right? When you say, I don’t …

Where are all the (cash) savings going?

An tSaoi 04/11/2009

An Saoi: Hidden inside the Central Bank’s monthly statistical reports is an analysis of household cash holdings in banks and credit unions (Table …

Public intellectuals and the crisis

Slí Eile 03/11/2009

Slí Eile: ‘We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.’ (Einstein) In an excellent piece in last …

'Cut Deep, Cut Now and Keep on Cutt'n'

Slí Eile 02/11/2009

Slí Eile: The cage was truly rattled, today, by David Blanchflower, UK economist, who challenged the home consensus about deflation. Speaking at the …

Ignorance is not strength

Michael Taft 01/11/2009

Michael Taft: I would say this debate is turning for the worse, but that would be incorrect. You need to have two sides in a debate. All we get is an …

Recovery is not reform

01/11/2009

Recovery is not reform. The government’s intended path to recovery is a mixture of borrowing, pay cuts, and spending cuts. All recovery plans treat …

Wealthy Germans Call for Wealth Tax

Nat O'Connor 30/10/2009

Nat O'Connor: The BBC reports that "A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher …

Its OK to borrow off-sheet when it comes to NAMA

Slí Eile 29/10/2009

Slí eile: When it comes to sorting out banking and keeping risk to under 5% for bondholders, there is nothing to beat a bit of creative accounting …

Controversies over speed of fiscal adjustment

Slí Eile 28/10/2009

Slí Eile: A recent paper by John Fitzgerald of the ESRI (‘Fiscal Policy for Recovery’) indicates the scale of challenge facing public finances …

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