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Aer Lingus Watch #4: Did Privatisation Make Aer Lingus Profitable?
Paul Sweeney 19/02/2015
Paul Sweeney: A number of commentators have claimed that privatisation was the best way for Aer Lingus and that it was the making of the company …
Getting Beneath the Surface of Gross versus Net Income Inequality
Nat O'Connor 18/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: TASC's new report, Cherishing All Equally: Economic Inequality in Ireland, is designed to provoke deeper debate about what is and is …
Super rich or super angry: where are you on Ireland’s income pyramid?
Paul Sweeney 18/02/2015
Paul Sweeney: Many of us did not care how much others earned during the Celtic Tiger and bubble years. But now we are rightly angered about growing …
IAG: Predator or Saviour?
An Lámh Eile 17/02/2015
An Lámh Eile: Once again the full privatization of a state company is on the agenda. Much is being made of connectivity. Connectivity is an issue …
Ireland's 'Progressive' Income Tax System
Nat O'Connor 16/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: Some commentators keep referring to the progressivity of Ireland's income tax system, as if it was the silver bullet that makes …
Response to Dan O'Brien's 'Bunkum' Article
Nat O'Connor 16/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: Dan O'Brien writes that "claims about great inequality in Ireland are just bunkum". Having had a look at the arguments in support of …
Inequality: a Real and Growing Threat to the Irish Economy
Nat O'Connor, Cormac Staunton 16/02/2015
Nat O'Connor and Cormac Staunton: Economics has always been about the study of who gets what, when and how. This issue has come into sharp focus due …
The “Two Irelands”
Cormac Staunton 13/02/2015
Cormac Staunton: Christian Aid hosted a conference in Dublin yesterday on the “Human Rights Impact of Tax and Fiscal Policy”. There were a number …
Economic Inequality: More than Incomes and Wealth
Cormac Staunton 11/02/2015
Cormac Staunton: When discussing economic inequality, there is a tendency to focus on income inequality (or sometimes wealth inequality). This is …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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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 …