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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 …
Martin Wolf
Nat O'Connor 27/02/2013
Nat O'Connor: Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, was in Dublin yesterday, to deliver a talk to the TCD Phil society. …
Ireland Drowning in Private Debt (4 of 4)
Paul Sweeney 26/02/2013
Paul Sweeney: Ireland has many core strengths. It has a well-educated workforce, albeit with too many unemployed, skills are being lost, there is …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …