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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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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …