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Terry McDonough: Towards a progressive economics

15/10/2009

Following the TASC Autumn Conference on Saturday, Terry McDonough talked to Donagh Brennan of Irish Left Review to give his take on 'progressive …

The crisis as seen from London

Slí Eile 14/10/2009

Slí Eile: Ken Livingstone has an interesting blog (thanks to Alan Mathews for alerting to this recently in irisheconomy). Following a lengthy, …

Crises: Not 5 but 7

Slí Eile 14/10/2009

Slí Eile: The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) has recently published its Next Steps in Addressing Ireland’s Five-Part Crisis: …

Guest post by Dieter Benecke: Qualitative growth - progressive economics and inclusive development

Dieter Benecke 14/10/2009

Dieter Benecke: Last Saturday TASC organised a conference entitled “Towards a Progressive Economics”. The speakers focussed mainly on the reasons …

Nobel Prizes for Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson

Slí Eile 13/10/2009

Slí Eile: Yesterday, it was announced that a Nobel prize is to be awarded to Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University in the USA 'for her analysis of …

Deficit rising

Michael Taft 13/10/2009

Michael Taft: Over the next few days there will be considerable analysis of the ESRI’s current quarterly review (password required). I’d like to …

Guest post by Niall Douglas: Progressive pluralist economics or left-wing economics?

13/10/2009

During the next few days we will be putting up a number of guest posts arising from the TASC Autumn Conference - Towards a Progressive Economics - …

Renewed Programme for Government: first few pages

Slí Eile 12/10/2009

Slí Eile: The Renewed Programme for Government is a mixed bag. It contains some very worthy aspirations not least those bearing the ecological …

Looking outward: the economic crisis and the developing world

12/10/2009

"The UN estimates that up to 103 million more people will fall into poverty or fail to escape poverty because of the crisis. According to the …

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