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The Cost of High Pay in the UK
09/07/2014
The UK High Pay Centre is an independent non-party think tank established to monitor pay at the top of the income distribution and set out a road map …
€11.45 Living Wage
Nat O'Connor 08/07/2014
Nat O'Connor: A technical, evidence-based analysis has led to the calculation of a Living Wage for Ireland of €11.45 per hour. This is based on a …
Corporation Tax and the Risk of an "Untenable Fiscal Situation"
Nat O'Connor 08/07/2014
Nat O'Connor: Interest observation reported in The Irish Times by international law firm Cadwalader. “The country’s tax regime is coming under …
Property Tax and Local Government Funding
Nat O'Connor 02/07/2014
Nat O'Connor: Taxation is the price of civilised society - and that includes taxes to pay for many basic local services, including planning, roads, …
McWage: Why we will all be working in fast-food restaurants into our eighties
Paul Sweeney 30/06/2014
Paul Sweeney: This article by Douglas Coupland writing in the Financial Times deserves attention (click for full article on FT.com). He writes as …
Innovation and jobs through public investment
Cormac Staunton 26/06/2014
Cormac Staunton: Ireland’s National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) has been ranked in the top 2.5 per cent of incubators; 19th worldwide and 7th in …
What Now for Economic Inequality in Ireland?
Nat O'Connor 23/06/2014
Nat O'Connor: Last week, economist Thomas Piketty wowed a packed auditorium in Croke Park, with over 600 people in attendance to hear his analysis of …
Ireland's Corporation Tax Residency Rules Under Scrutiny
18/06/2014
According to Professor Jim Stewart of TCD, Ireland’s industrial policy is too tax-dependent and he suggested that policymakers were overly …
Thomas Piketty and Ireland's Property Tax
Nat O'Connor 16/06/2014
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Times had a major article on Thomas Piketty on Saturday (click here) They also had an interesting angle on Ireland's property …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …