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New CEPR paper on the contribution of IMF recommendations to the ongoing crisis in Europe
30/01/2013
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington D.C. has published a paper examining the policy recommendations made by the IMF to …
Guest post: Potential of Government Shares held in the ‘Viable’ Banks
Gearóid Ó Cosgora 25/01/2013
Guest post by Gearóid Ó Cosgora: A subject that deserves an airing, if only to tease it out, is the potential of utilising the government’s …
Financialisation
16/01/2013
The most recent issue of the Economic and Social Review has a symposium on the politics of financialisation, including papers on the US, a …
Comparison of EU Bank Bailouts
16/01/2013
Michael Taft uses Eurostat data here to compare the 'direct' impacts on General Government Deficits caused by the EU's numerous bank bailouts. In …
Promissory Notes: Any old deal won't do
Tom McDonnell 14/01/2013
Tom McDonnell: There is a real risk that any old deal in advance of the 31 March payment will be hailed as a victory after the failure to get a deal …
Launch of NERI Quarterly Economic Observer/Facts
09/01/2013
The NERI has published, today, its fourth Quarterly Economic Observer (QEO) along with the latest Quarterly Economic Facts (QEF). A link to the full …
What is the matter with Europe?
Tom Healy 04/01/2013
Tom Healy: It is time to think deeply about the European project especially as Ireland assumes the Presidency for the coming six months. While I …
The effect of marginal tax rates
17/12/2012
It has sometimes been suggested that marginal tax rates in Ireland are too high, and that raising them would harm growth. They may affect the …
Open debate on paying the promissory notes - the long countdown
Tom McDonnell 13/12/2012
Tom McDonnell: Various official sources (including Ministers) have been making the claim in recent days that the 2012 promissory note to the IBRC …
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Paul Sweeney
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …