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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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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …