Blog Archive
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 …
The values underlying the Commission on Taxation
Slí Eile 08/09/2009
Slí Eile: The Commission on Taxation (CoT) Report is another winter blockbuster following the Summer Bord Snip. A pattern has been witnessed - …
Read the fine print
Michael Taft 08/09/2009
Michael Taft: There will be any number of posts and articles on different aspects of the Commission on Taxation Report. Here I’d like to address …
Will some local authorities go bankrupt in 2010?
Nat O'Connor 08/09/2009
Nat O'Connor: It has been suggested today that property tax will not be introduced any time soon: “Ministers believe that the introduction of a …
Commission on Taxation Report Another Indicator of Political Crisis
Colm O'Doherty 08/09/2009
Colm O'Doherty: It would be naive to think that a Commission on Taxation composed of political insiders and handcuffed to the taxation equivalent of …
McDonough on Finucane
08/09/2009
Click here to listen to PE's Terry McDonough on Sunday's Marian Finucane show, talking about NAMA and other things economic.
Pro-business bias reflects Commission's flawed terms of reference
Paul Sweeney 07/09/2009
Paul Sweeney: This report has some excellent analyses and many useful recommendations which will be of use to a progressive government in the future. …
Carbon taxes - not 'just another tax' according to Commission
07/09/2009
John Barry: This post is a very quick ‘cut and paste’ pulling together some of the main carbon and environmental related aspects of today’s …
Categories
Contributors
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
![Duggan, Vic]](/assets/img/2017/04/1491994913319631_sq.jpg)
Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …