Blog Archive

Is Ireland's Income Tax High?

Paul Goldbrick-Kelly 09/08/2016

Paul Goldbrick-Kelly: A great deal of political debate in Ireland rests on the assumption that Ireland’s rates of taxation are prohibitive. This is …

09/08/2016

Working conditions in the Irish back office: Are all jobs in Financial Services and ICT really that good?

Alicja Bobek 04/08/2016

Alicja Bobek: There are two sectors of the Irish labour market with average earnings significantly above the national average: Financial Services and …

Is the G20 “Enhanced Structural Reform Agenda” serious about inclusiveness?

Pierre Habbard 04/08/2016

Pierre Habbard: Recently, the G20 Finance committed to a new — but yet to be made public — “Enhanced structural reform agenda”. …

New Thinking on Taxation and Inequality from OECD

Paul Sweeney 28/07/2016

Paul Sweeney: The previous blog on the recent OECD paper on taxation pointed out its new recognition that taxation systems are not just about …

Has the OECD abandoned its neo-liberal taxation policies?

Paul Sweeney 27/07/2016

Paul Sweeney: The OECD has relentlessly pursued a neo-liberal taxation policy. It seldom uses the word taxation without the appendage “burden” …

The Effective Corporate Tax Rate, Again

David Jacobson 26/07/2016

Prof David Jacobson: I'm glad to see that even though Stephen Donnelly TD got most of the limelight, our Progressive Economy colleague, Jim Stewart, …

Soaring Profits almost equals the Total Wages Bill in Ireland.

Paul Sweeney 12/07/2016

Paul Sweeney: The news that Ireland saw GDP growth of over 26.3% in one year in 2015 at first appears remarkable. However, it had little impact on …

From self-harm to social Europe?

James Wickham 11/07/2016

James Wickham: When in the 1960s the poor of the US ghettos rioted for the first time, they burnt down the areas in which they lived. When the …