Blog Archive

Bringing Balance to Imbalance

Tom McDonnell 16/04/2013

Tom McDonnell: The results of the EU Commission's review of macroeconomic imbalances can be seen here. Andrew Watt attacks the partiality and …

Conference on "Understanding the Changing Worlds of Capitalism", May 1st

15/04/2013

Understanding the Changing Worlds of Capitalism: New Perspectives on the Political Economy of Work, Production and Employment RegimesA Research …

Workshop on Industrial policy in Comparative Perspective, Thursday April 25th

09/04/2013

Whither Industrial Policy? The Future of Public Institutions and Economic Development 3-6 pm, Thursday April 25th 2013 Institute of Bankers, 1 North …

'Social Security for All'

Nat O'Connor 04/04/2013

Nat O'Connor: Compass in the UK have produced a short briefing document entitled 'Social Security for All' as a way of (re)making the case for the …

What's a Euro anyway?

26/03/2013

Is a euro in a Cypriot bank, locked down by withdrawal limits and capital controls, the same as a euro in an Irish or French bank? Is a euro sitting …

Drivers of progressive tax

12/03/2013

A recent OECD report olooks at the progressivity of income tax systems in their 34 member countries. A progressive tax is often simply defined as one …

Effects of the minimum wage on the jobs market

Tom McDonnell 06/03/2013

Tom McDonnell: TASC made a short submission last week to the Labour Court review of the JLC wage agreement mechanisms. The submission is available …

Pension Fund Charges

27/02/2013

Jim Stewart, School of Business and Bridget McNally, NUI Maynooth, have written "A Note on Pension Fund Charges in Ireland". This is Working Paper …

London Debt Agreement

Tom McDonnell 27/02/2013

Tom McDonnell: Today marks the 60th anniversary of the start of negotiations concerning post war debt relief for Germany. The "London Agreement on …

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