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NAMA: And then there are the unknown unknowns

Slí Eile 31/07/2009

Slí Eile: In the immortal words of Donald Rumsfeld: "There are the known knowns and the unknown knowns. And then there are the known unknowns. And …

Draft NAMA legislation

30/07/2009

Click here to download the proposed legislation, and here to download the explanatory memorandum. The Minister's accompanying statement is available …

Note from admin: comment rules

30/07/2009

progressive-economy@TASC welcomes - and, indeed, aims to promote - lively debate. However, please note that comments which are obscene or personally …

Guest post by Donal Palcic: Next Generation Broadband and the Smart Economy

Donal Palcic 30/07/2009

Donal Palcic: I read with interest the recent first report of the DCENR’s Knowledge Society Strategy process (entitled Technology Actions to …

Dublin Consensus rattled by Begg article

Slí Eile 29/07/2009

Slí Eile: Nothing better to create some heat over on irisheconomy.ie or in follow-up comments to an op ed on the Irish Times than an article by ICTU …

Guest post by Eoin O Broin: Time to raise taxes

Eoin Ó Broin 29/07/2009

Eoin O Broin: The Commission on Taxation is due to complete its work later this week. Established in February 2008, its remit was to ‘review the …

Guest post by Mike Allen: NAMA must generate social dividend

Mike Allen 29/07/2009

Mike Allen: Most of the debate on NAMA, both from the left and the right, has concentrated on questions of nationalisation or good bank/bad bank …

Brendan Keenan on wages and competitiveness: A late link

28/07/2009

Brendan Keenan had an interesting opinion piece in the Sunday Independent, following on from the decision by Shannon-based Element Six to relocate …

The IDA and the wages debate

Michael Taft 28/07/2009

Michael Taft: A couple of weeks ago, the Chief Executive of the IDA, Barry O’Leary, jumped into the debate about wages – suggesting they were …

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