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Fat Cat Wednesday
Michael Taft 10/01/2018
Today, just seven working days into the New Year, the average remuneration for CEO’s in the top 21 Irish companies (which represent 95 percent of …
Varadkar turns out to be a surprising believer in State enterprise
Paul Sweeney 01/01/2018
Looking back over the year, an interesting speech by the Taoiseach, which got lost in the confusion around Brexit, deserves attention for three …
Eurofound
Paul Sweeney 19/12/2017
Eurofound My last blog focused on growing inequalities in Europe, which it was argued, is due to the breakdown in the Post War Social Compact (PWSC). …
Property, fundamentals, and affordability (part 2)
Robert Sweeney 15/12/2017
Part 1 of this blog examined whether and to what extent the trajectory of Irish property prices was driven by changes in underlying fundamentals. We …
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017
Sinead Pembroke 12/12/2017
Just last week, the government announced that it was to introduce new legislation to deal with amongst other things, zero-hour contracts. This …
Property, fundamentals, and affordability (part 1)
Robert Sweeney 11/12/2017
The season of goodwill to all is quickly approaching. Last year, that goodwill manifested itself in an outpouring of solidarity for the homeless in …
The Spectre Haunting Europe
Michael Taft 01/12/2017
There is a spectre haunting Europe – the spectre of de-privatisation, re-municipalisation, and re-nationalisation. Local, regional and national …
The new European Pillar of Social Rights should help address Inequalities
Paul Sweeney 30/11/2017
On 17 November, A European Pillar of Social Rights was declared in Gothenburg by the European Parliament, Council and Commission. This Pillar …
Brexit and Market Regulation
Nat O'Connor 05/09/2017
Following the latest round of Brexit talks, spokespersons have taken to the airwaves to blame each other for the impasse. Despite this, both sides …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …