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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 …

Germans call for Tobin Tax

Paul Sweeney 12/09/2009

Paul Sweeney: The two earlier contributions on Progressive Economy on 27th and 30th August, were spot on in showing a growing trend, ignored by the …

'Principle of revenue neutrality' proves Government's lack of vision

Mary Murphy 11/09/2009

Mary Murphy: The average percentage of GDP spent on social protection in the EU-15 is 27.5% (Eurostat, 2007) . The Irish rate of 18.2% compares badly …

Diary date: Towards a Progressive Economics conference, October 10th

10/09/2009

TASC will be organising an economics conference on October 10th (Saturday) in DCU School of Business. Entitled Towards a Progressive Economics, the …

NAMA Bill

10/09/2009

The amended NAMA draft legislation is available for download here, and the explanatory memorandum is available here. Comments?

The economic benefits of immigration

Slí Eile 10/09/2009

Sli Eile: While not seeking to open a debate on the Lisbon Treaty in this post, I feel obliged to comment on a claim made by a certain organisation …

Innovation and the smart economy

David Jacobson 09/09/2009

David Jacobson: Innovation is universally accepted as extremely important for economic competitiveness. However, there is frequently confusion as to …

Labour on NAMA

Slí Eile 08/09/2009

Slí Eile: See the Labour Party statement on NAMA. Its position is outlined and includes this: Labour believes that the commercial retail banks …

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

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