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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 …
TASC's more detailed response to Budget 2013
Nat O'Connor 11/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: TASC's more detailed response to Budget 2013 is here.
Budget Transparency Pledge Weakened by Lack of Detail
06/12/2012
Nat O'Connor The issue of budget transparency is so important that it deserves special mention. With the possible exception of elections, there is no …
TASC's initial response to Budget 2013
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: TASC's initial response to Budget 2013 is as follows. (PDF available here). Lost opportunity to provide a pathway to an equitable …
Lessons from the UK
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, gave his Autumn Statement early this afternoon, as the UK too examines its debt …
The deficit and debt repayments
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: The brief ten pages of the 2013 Estimates include the stark reminder of just why the Government is set on €3.5 billion of tax …
#Budget2013
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: As the new era of budget transparency dawns (or should that be New Era?), the Government's official information service …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …