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More on Ireland's Low Taxation and Income Tax Progressivity

Nat O'Connor 20/02/2015

Nat O'Connor: The OECD provides a table of its member states showing total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP. In 2012, Ireland's total tax revenue …

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 …

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