Blog Archive
Google and Ireland's tax regime
17/05/2013
Jim Stewart was on RTE radio 1 Morning Ireland today talking about Google and Ireland's tax regime. This can be heard here.
Ethics and regulation: complements, not alternatives
15/05/2013
Last week former Taoiseach and President of IFSC Ireland, John Bruton, said that the banking industry needed "to focus on ethics rather than …
Stiglitz on the need to reform our (their) economic models
Paul Sweeney 10/05/2013
Paul Sweeney: Stiglitz on the need to reform our (their) economic models, on Social Europe Journal here. A bit long but a good analysis.
TASC-FEPS Conference 'Reconstructing the European Economy (June 14th)
09/05/2013
“Reconstructing the European Economy” Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, Ireland Registration is still open for the TASC-FEPS conference on …
Neither Fair or Equitable - The Impact of Government Cuts on Traveller Services
30/04/2013
Pavee Point published a report yesterday, on the impact of cuts over the last five years on Traveller projects and services. The report, authored by …
Debt, Growth and Coding Errors
Tom McDonnell 17/04/2013
Tom McDonnell: Reinhart and Rogoff's finding that the growth rate starts to decline once the public debt to GDP ratio exceeds 90% has become embraced …
Optimal taxation of top incomes
Tom McDonnell 16/04/2013
Tom McDonnell: You can find an interesting paper on optimal top marginal tax rates here. The authors find that the optimal top marginal tax rate …
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 …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …