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Deconstructing public sector pay cuts
Michael Taft, An tSaoi 05/10/2009
An Saoi and Michael Taft: There is a fundamental misconception about the fiscal impact of public expenditure cuts. It is assumed that a reduction in …
Exchequer returns: fairy godmothers desert Lenihan
An tSaoi 03/10/2009
An Saoi: September has come and gone, and the trees outside my window will shortly be as bare as the State’s coffers. Grey clouds mass from the …
Middle ground of Keynesianism
02/10/2009
In today's Irish Times, Paul Sweeney wonders whether "a return to middle ground of Keynesian economics" might be the answer be the answer to our …
Green New Deal - The Neo-Classical Empire strikes back
02/10/2009
John Barry: Over at Irish Economy, Richard Tol has attacked the Comhar Green New Deal report. What I particularly enjoyed about it and found …
Public Sector Pay: CSO add their part to the analysis
Slí Eile 01/10/2009
Slí Eile: The controversy around public-private sector pay differences continues following today's release by the Central Statistics Office of a …
Marching for the economy
Michael Taft 01/10/2009
Michael Taft: Imagine you’re walking a high-wire. You’re nearly at the end of line. You’re doing everything possible not to fall – balancing …
Guest post by Brendan Williams: Switching market principles on/off in NAMA
Brendan Williams 01/10/2009
Brendan Williams: The recently announced legislation on Nama, by allowing for the potential payment of a future market recovery price for assets, …
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 …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …