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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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Paul Sweeney

Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …

Vic Duggan

Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …

Jim Stewart

Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …



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