Blog Archive

The '07 Smell Test?

Slí Eile 07/05/2009

Slí Eile: Over on Irisheconomy.ie Colm McCarthy is warning against nostalgia about going back to 2007. We must agree. But that is about the extent …

How sub-prime bankers 'bought' financial de-regulation in the US

Paul Sweeney 07/05/2009

Paul Sweeney: De-regulation did not just happen. It was bought, partially! So much for the idea that the free marketeers won the battle for ideas …

Transparency in practice

Paul Sweeney 06/05/2009

Paul Sweeney: Openness and transparency is all the rage…. in theory. But on some places it is being practiced. Under the new administration in the …

The Ryanair Model of Development?

James Wickham 05/05/2009

James Wickham: Ryanair is an Irish success story. Ryanair’s high profile CEO, Michael O’Leary, is one of the country’s home grown billionaires. …

The root cause of the recession

Paul Sweeney 05/05/2009

Paul Sweeney: Too much competition can be bad. It is heresy to most liberal economists, but the low interest rate and liberalisation of markets did …

'We've screwed up - that's the truth'

Slí Eile 04/05/2009

Sli Eile: ‘We’ve screwed up – that’s the truth’ – so writes Professor Ray Kinsella of the UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School in the …

2009 Tax Profile: already optimistic

An tSaoi 02/05/2009

An Saoi: The Dept of Finance has finally published its Tax Profile for 2009. The expected tax yield is €34,400M. However this figure already …

Finland in 1991; Ireland in 2009

30/04/2009

A presentation on the experience of the Great Depression in Finland by Jaakko Kiander at today's ESRI conference is worth reading. It is very like …

Guest post: Is the World Bank Reforming Itself?

David Joyce 30/04/2009

David Joyce: Earlier this week, the World Bank issued a memorandum to its country and sector directors instructing them to stop using the "Employing …

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