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A demographic take

An tSaoi 16/09/2009

An Saoi: Accurate and current information is crucial to giving an up to date view of what is really going on in the Irish economy. The Commission for …

We’re broke (O no we’re not)

Slí Eile 15/09/2009

Slí Eile: This is September 2009. We’re economically broke. Well not quite…The recent Commission on Taxation Report has drawn attention to the …

US economists

Slí Eile 15/09/2009

Slí Eile: Thank goodness for some US economists. 'saltwater economists'. I see Paul Krugman, writing in the New York Times (I notice that NYT has …

TASC economics conference

15/09/2009

Towards a Progressive Economics, DCU School of Business, Saturday October 10th: click here for more information and registration details.

The wooly mammoth conundrum

Michael Taft 15/09/2009

Michael Taft: How frustrating to read a generalised statement that has the hallmarks of authority but completely breaks down after a mere few minutes …

Casino capitalism and the way forward

15/09/2009

Click here to read an article by NUIM's Proinnsias Breathnach in Irish Left Review, in which he argues that: The crisis was not caused by trade …

French to measure happiness

14/09/2009

French President Nicolas Sarkozy today announced that France will implement new indicators of economic performance incorporating measures of …

Economic Stimulus and Objective Economics

Tom O'Connor 14/09/2009

Tom O'Connor: Most of the academic economic advisors to the government have done a Master's or PhD in the USA and though believing that they are …

Beyond NAMA – seeing a bigger picture

Slí Eile 13/09/2009

Sli Eile: Two television documentaries shown, recently: one called ‘Freefall’ a dramatic story of the current economic climate as it unfolded for …

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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …

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