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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 …
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 …
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