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Two reasons to vote yes
01/10/2009
Jim Stewart Reason 1 The Global Financial Stability Report by the IMF published on 30 September shows that, in February/March this year, the ECB was …
Comhar report - Towards a Green New Deal for Ireland
01/10/2009
The report published today by Comhar - Towards a Green New Deal for Ireland - is now available for download here. John Gibbons' piece in today's …
Northern Ireland review of economic policy
30/09/2009
John Barry: To balance the focus of this blogsite on political and economic developments in the Republic of Ireland - here's one about Northern …
Towards a Progressive Economics: Programme now available for download
29/09/2009
The line-up of speakers for the TASC Autumn Conference - Towards a Progressive Economics - has been finalised and now includes David Begg and Fintan …
What about the other 70% ?
Slí Eile 28/09/2009
Slí Eile: Opinion poll data are used by the print and other media on a regular basis not only to asses trends in public opinion but to generate …
NAMA, the Commission on Taxation and rent reviews: the rogue's guide to Irish finance
An tSaoi 28/09/2009
An Saoi: I have refrained from making any comment on the Commission on Taxation Report to date, mainly because of its lack of any new content and …
Hunting for woolly mammoths
Michael Taft 27/09/2009
Michael Taft: In a previous post, where I disputed the economic benefits of cutting wages, Professor Alan Mathews and Pavement Trauma questioned …
Those CSO migration figures: A health warning
An tSaoi 26/09/2009
An Saoi: Our friends in the CSO have given us at long last their estimates of migration in the year to April last. The figures reflect the return of …
Brendan Hayes on why he didn't sign the Taxation Commission report
25/09/2009
"Low taxes, inequality in the provision of health and education, a growing income gap and sub-optimum economic growth: these are not separate, …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …