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Ireland's Corporation Tax Regime Under Scrutiny (Again)
Nat O'Connor 14/07/2014
Nat O'Connor: It is reported that the Government is considering an early move to close down the 'Double Irish' tax avoidance method permitted by …
A "Zillionaire" Calls for More Equality
Nat O'Connor 10/07/2014
Nat O'Connor: "Zillionaire" Nick Hanauer (net worth $1bn+) has written an opinion piece in Politico.com entitled "The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us …
The Basic Argument for a Living Wage
10/07/2014
A group of organisations, including TASC, supported a project to calculate a Living Wage for Ireland. The evidence about the cost of living is that a …
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 …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
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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 …