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A wages reality check
21/08/2009
Do Irish workers really enjoy the fourth-highest wages in the world? It seems the headline writers didn't really read the 2009 UBS Prices and …
Tax breaks for the very wealthy
Slí Eile 20/08/2009
Slí Eile: If in doubt about the capacity of some people to pay more tax check out the Department of Finance Analysis of High Income Individuals' …
Pro-cyclical economics
Slí Eile 20/08/2009
Slí Eile: Today's excellent article by Michael O'Sullivan in the Irish Times (Crash may offer chance of a 'Second Republic') raises an interesting …
Social welfare debate: What it really boils down to
Michael Taft 20/08/2009
Michael Taft: Having previously shown that the claims that we have a comparatively ‘lavish’ social welfare system’ are clearly false and not …
Current pension tax reliefs inequitable and unsustainable
Gerard Hughes 19/08/2009
Gerard Hughes: Reading Paul O’Faherty’s opinion piece in the Irish Times on 29 July one would not suspect that it is the private pension system …
Trends in competitiveness
Slí Eile 18/08/2009
Slí Eile: Today's publication by the National Competitiveness Council - Annual Competitiveness Report Vol 1 - provides a good, up-to-date summary …
Myth of 'lavish' Social Welfare spending revisited
18/08/2009
The myth of Ireland's lavish Social Welfare rates refuses to go away - its latest proponent was Constantiv Gurdgiev on RTE's Prime Time. The myth has …
Lower Rents Still Higher Than Rent Supplement in Dublin
Nat O'Connor 18/08/2009
Nat O'Connor: Rents drop 17% over 12 months according to DAFT’s latest Rental Report. This headline will be referred to in the next Budget to …
So - who is taking the hit then?
Slí Eile 17/08/2009
Slí Eile: See post by Aedin Doris on irisheconomy 'Where are the wage cuts?' Michael Taft observes in a comment on the thread to that post: Whatever …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …