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Fortune Magazine's analysis of Ireland's 'new troubles'
Paul Sweeney 21/05/2009
Paul Sweeney: Fortune magazine takes a look at Ireland’s “New Troubles” in the current issue, 1st June 2009. It is a particularly shallow and a …
Guest Post: Response to Richard Tol on 'Green New Deal'
21/05/2009
John Barry: Richard Tol, over at Irish Economy, has an ‘interesting’ take on one of the components of a Green New Deal for Ireland. Focusing on …
Keep cutting and hoping?
Slí Eile 20/05/2009
Slí Eile: If anything the atmosphere at today's 2nd 'Economic Crisis' conference in Dublin was gloomier than the first one last January. It was a …
Will a Domestic Stimulus work in a Small Open Economy like Ireland?
Slí Eile 19/05/2009
Sli Eile: Taoiseach Brian Cowen commented over the last weekend that the main opposition parties wants the Government to cut more while the other …
Political lessons from Iceland
Peadar Kirby 19/05/2009
Peadar Kirby: With the forthcoming local and European elections opening the first opportunity for the political impact of the economic crisis to find …
Neo-liberalism and the EU: A German perspective
18/05/2009
The ZAUBER group in the University of Goettingen in Germany has been examining the future of labour relations and employment in Europe. One of the …
Stiglitz Commission
15/05/2009
Earlier this year, a Commission of Experts, chaired by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, on reforms of the international monetary and financial system …
'There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess'
Slí Eile 14/05/2009
Slí Eile: “There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess. Ireland saw the biggest building boom since the pyramids and this is going to …
Corporate governance: We cannot afford business as usual
Paul Sweeney 13/05/2009
Paul Sweeney: Listening to the anger, frustration and loss of the shareholders of AIB and Irish Nationwide, can anyone believe any more in the bull …
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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …