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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 …

IBEC's proposed tax cuts and Ireland's 'Low Tax Triangle'

Nat O'Connor 12/06/2014

Nat O'Connor: The business lobby group IBEC is advocating cuts to the higher rate of income tax. Such cuts would only benefit one third of income tax …

Want growth and jobs? First tackle inequality.

Cormac Staunton 04/06/2014

Cormac Staunton: A recent article by Ben Olinsky at the Center for American Progress brings together a number of key findings to show how greater …

TASC Conference Programme Now Available

04/06/2014

The TASC 2014 Conference Programme is now available here. 20th June 2014, Croke Park Conference Centre. Keynote address by Thomas Piketty, author of …

News Reports of Tax Cuts are Deeply Flawed

Nat O'Connor 29/05/2014

Nat O'Connor: Reporting of taxation issues is very flawed in Ireland. From before Christmas, we had reports like: "Income tax may be cut in the next …

The Secretive TTIP Agreement Threatens Democratic Regulation of European Economies

29/05/2014

What follows is a statement which was unanimously adopted at the Congress of the Nordic Transport Workers’ Federation in Malmoe, Sweden, last week: …

Thomas Piketty in The Financial Times and Tax Transparency

Nat O'Connor 26/05/2014

Nat O'Connor: It's an old stereotype that you can tell who are the serious left-wing economists by whether or not they read The Financial Times. The …

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