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NAMA: If you want to play 'Solve the Irish Banking Crisis', there are several games in town
Terry McDonough 01/09/2009
Terry McDonough: It has been repeatedly asserted over the last few days that NAMA is the only game in town. Below is a list and description of the …
Ostriches, Democracy and Dr. Fitzgerald
Michael Taft 31/08/2009
Michael Taft: Dr. Garret Fitzgerald is not impressed with the notion that if the majority of legislators believe that Government proposals are wrong …
Meanwhile, in the UK ...
30/08/2009
Following last week's debate in the UK surrounding a Tobin Tax, Ruth Sunderland - writing in today's Observer, has a few other suggestions for …
Access must be part of banking equation
Michael Taft 29/08/2009
Michael Taft: With all the debates over the crucial issues of NAMA, bank recapitalisation, purging impaired assets, etc. – it is sometimes easy to …
A Smart Approach
Nat O'Connor 28/08/2009
Nat O'Connor: I agree with some of what Philip R Lane wrote today about taking a smart approach to balancing the public finances. I agree when he …
Tobin tax revisited?
27/08/2009
An interesting proposal from the chair of the UK Financial Services Authority for a tax on financial transactions to combat excessive risk taking. …
The NAMA controversy
Slí Eile 26/08/2009
Slí Eile: The controversey generated over NAMA cannot go without some comment on this site. Some 45 economists (some of them accountants ...) …
Taxing Surveys
Slí Eile 26/08/2009
Slí Eile: Do you think the Government can tax its way out of its economic difficulties? In answer to this online Irish Times poll, it is surprising …
The McHale recipe
25/08/2009
John McHale's piece in yesterday's Irish Times, advocating an alternative fiscal strategy, has attracted some comment. Michael Taft has taken a look …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …