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Critique of Knowledge Development Box
Jim Stewart, David Jacobson 02/06/2015
David Jacobson and Jim Stewart: The idea of the Knowledge Development Box (KDB) is to provide tax incentives to firms to locate their R&D …
Equality for All - Really?
David Begg 28/05/2015
David Begg: The high turnout and the active involvement of so many campaigning groups, especially the engagement of young people, in the referendum …
Good News on Jobs
Paul Sweeney 27/05/2015
Paul Sweeney: There is good news on the jobs front. But we should never have had such a collapse in the economy and jobs. The job of economists and …
TTIP is not a conventional free trade agreement
David Begg 26/05/2015
David Begg: Since the collapse of the DOHA round of multilateral trade negotiations the focus of global trade policy has shifted towards regional or …
Employers' Social Contributions in Ireland
Paul Sweeney 19/05/2015
Paul Sweeney: Here on Progressive Economy, we have been examining the evidence for tax reform in recent months. In my last Blog I looked at …
Capital Markets Union – The Risk of Short-Termism
David Begg 13/05/2015
David Begg: The European Commission believes that European Capital Markets are underdeveloped. It considers that this is an aspect of the single …
A Polanyian double movement in Europe? Too early to say
David Begg 08/05/2015
David Begg: On Tuesday 5th May Professor Eduardo Silva, from Tulane University, New Orleans, delivered a lecture in Maynooth University on the topic …
USC cuts will still benefit higher earners
Cormac Staunton 06/05/2015
Cormac Staunton: The Government today signalled that instead of changing income tax rates and bands in Budget 2016, they are likely to reduce the 7% …
Why May 7th is crucial for Ireland
David Begg 05/05/2015
David Begg: There has always been a paradox of sorts affecting Ireland’s engagement with the prospect of European Integration. With few honourable …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …