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How can we afford such a low tax take?

Slí Eile 07/09/2009

Slí Eile: Like the Curates Egg, the Commission on Taxation Report has many excellent parts. The starting point of any analysis of this 500 pages …

Commission on Taxation report

07/09/2009

The full text of the Report is available for download here.

Social Justice Ireland launched

Slí Eile 06/09/2009

Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland has been launched. See its new website.

Past lessons, future policy

Michael Taft 06/09/2009

Michael Taft: With the news that the increase in unemployment is slowing down (though the range of missing numbers suggest that emigration may be …

Change in Japan

04/09/2009

For the first time since the end of WWII, one of the world's largest economies is now an effective two-party system after voters decisively rejected …

Jacobson on innovation

04/09/2009

"Building Ireland’s Smart Economy calls for Ireland to become an innovation hub for Europe, attracting RD-intensive multinationals and innovative …

OECD forecast

Paul Sweeney 03/09/2009

Paul Sweeney: The OECD has just released an economic forecast which, in the light of the economic news over the past two years is quite positive. As …

Evidence of public desire for alternative economics

Nat O'Connor 03/09/2009

Nat O'Connor: Today's Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll can be interpreted as showing public desire for progressive alternatives to the political and …

McWilliams on NAMA

Slí Eile 02/09/2009

Slí Eile: David McWilliams has been relatively quiet in recent months (another book on the way!). His latest thoughts on NAMA in today's Irish …

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