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Ireland is bankrupt. Now let's get over it.
25/02/2009
This piece has been cross-posted from Irish Left Review Terrence McDonough - Goodbody Stockbrokers is predicting a decline in GDP this year of 6% …
Revealing assumptions of former senior civil servant
Peadar Kirby 25/02/2009
Peadar Kirby: The article by Cathal O'Loghlin in today's Irish Times headlined 'Union response to public sector levy fails to find a better way' is …
To nationalise or not to nationalise ?
Slí Eile 24/02/2009
Sli Eile: Now that the inevitable draws near - questions are asked about how nationalisation of banking in Ireland would operate. It is timely to …
The Swedish experience - lessons to be learned?
Peter Connell 24/02/2009
Peter Connell: Last week David Begg, in outlining ICTU's 10 point pact in response to the current economic crisis, referred to the Swedish experience …
Towards a New Political Economy
Paula Clancy 23/02/2009
Paula Clancy: Welcome to progressive-economy@tasc. Economics has been described as the 'dismal science'. Economists are often stereotyped as …
Pay cuts are neither a panacea nor even a help for Ireland's economic problems
Paul Sweeney 22/02/2009
Paul Sweeney: The remarkable barrage of calls for pay cuts, from both orthodox economists and the "pop economists", as the the solution to (most of) …
Paying twice for public service pensions
Gerard Hughes 22/02/2009
Gerard Hughes: The Government argues that the pension levy is justified because public service pensions are significantly more favourable than the …
Demand (for solutions) will generate supply - in long term
David Jacobson 22/02/2009
David Jacobson: I can’t help wondering why the people whose theories are responsible for the current crisis continue to be listened to by those …
Return to Growth Paradigm in Petrochemical Economy not an Option
Peadar Kirby 22/02/2009
Peadar Kirby: The focus of public attention and debate on recession and cutbacks at the moment indicates the extreme poverty of public discourse in …
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Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …