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Ireland's National Risk Assessment
Paul Sweeney 17/04/2014
Paul Sweeeney: The Department of the Taoiseach just published its “Draft National Risk Assessment of Ireland” as promised in the Government …
Widen the band, widen the gap?
Cormac Staunton 10/04/2014
Cormac Staunton: There has been a lot of talk recently about cutting income taxes now that the Irish economy is beginning to show signs of recovery. …
Conceptualising Economic Inequality
09/04/2014
See here for a presentation conceptualizing economic inequality. The presentation is designed to explore the concept of 'economic equality' by moving …
OECD and tax avoidance: the story so far ...
02/04/2014
In a webcast from Paris this afternoon, the OECD updated the world on progress on the BEPS project to date. Pascal Saint-Amans stressed the process …
Stiglitz on Inequality
01/04/2014
Joseph Stiglitz's March 2014 presentation on the 'Causes and Consequences of Growing Inequality: and what can be done about it' is available here. …
Pope Francis on Economic Inequality
01/04/2014
Pope Francis has made a number of significant comments on economic inequality and economic policy in his EVANGELII GAUDIUM,a 224-page 'exhortation' …
Capital in the 21st Century (Piketty)
Nat O'Connor 31/03/2014
Nat O'Connor: Thomas Piketty, Associate Chair in the Paris School of Economics, has produced a seminal analysis of the past, present and potential …
Inequality for All
14/02/2014
TASC's screening and panel discussion at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival was one of the first films to be sold out! Robert Reich's …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …