Blog Archive

How to Pay for a Living Wage?

Nat O'Connor 07/07/2015

Nat O'Connor: A single person working full-time needs to earn €11.50 per hour to afford a minimum decent standard of living. This is a rise in the …

The Greek Crisis: Lessons from Ireland

Jim Stewart 03/07/2015

Jim Stewart: The Greek crisis and tragedy is a seminal moment for the Eurozone and the EU. The Taoiseach has stated “For Greece there is a lesson …

Call to Europe on Greece: The European Progressive Movement must and will play a crucial role

01/07/2015

Prof. Stephany Griffith-Jones, Ernst Stetter and Vassilis Ntousas: There is still time to reach a fair and equitable deal with Greece, a deal that …

01/07/2015

What the Danish Election tells us

David Begg 29/06/2015

David Begg: The extraordinary success of the populist, anti - immigration, anti EU, Danish People’s Party (DPP) last week continues a trend in …

Solving the Greek crisis – by making inequality worse?

James Wickham 26/06/2015

James Wickham: It seems the Eurozone finance ministers - and behind them the IMF – are rejecting the last proposals from the Greek government. …

Do we want the fewest public services in Europe?

Cormac Staunton 25/06/2015

Cormac Staunton: One of the key indicators in TASC's analysis of economic inequality is the level of taxation and government expenditure. We have …

UN Committee Response to Ireland on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Cormac Staunton 23/06/2015

Cormac Staunton: The UN’s Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, in its concluding observations on Ireland’s third periodic report, …

No inflation due to low wage rises

Paul Sweeney 22/06/2015

Paul Sweeney: There has been no rise in overall prices in seven years! In fact, prices today are a little lower than they were at the peak - which …