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Choices Around Cutting Child Benefit

Nat O'Connor 02/10/2012

Nat O'Connor: Despite the helpful reminder from Joseph Stiglitz that "Austerity has almost never worked", the Government has decided to cut further …

Guest post by Arthur Doohan: The EU's FTT - a good idea badly done

Arthur Doohan 02/10/2012

Arthur Doohan: Tax policy in this jurisdiction is a mess and has been so for a long time. This mess has been a significant contributor to the …

Creating rather than destroying jobs

Tom Healy 26/09/2012

Tom Healy: The Nevin Economic Research Institute has published the Autumn Economic Observer here. The key messages are: * We have choices * A smaller …

Event on tax justice

25/09/2012

As part of the Dóchas EU Presidency Project, and to coincide with the visit of Christian Aid's 'Tax Justice Bus' to Irelnad, Christian Aid is …

Guest Post by Vic Duggan: Treading water beneath the surface

Vic Duggan 23/09/2012

Vic Duggan: From its peak at the back end of 2007, the Irish economy sank like a stone for two solid years, seasonally-adjusted quarterly GDP falling …

Local Government Fostering Job Creation

Nat O'Connor 21/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: The County and City Managers Association (CCMA), the umbrella group of the local authority head managers, has published a study showing …

Budget Transparency Reduced by Oireachtas Website Changes

Nat O'Connor 20/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: Public access to the official record of Oireachtas debates has been diminished by the bizarre decision of the Oireachtas website to …

FEPS vacancy: economist

Nat O'Connor 18/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: FEPS (the Foundation for European Progressive Studies) is advertising the important post of Economic Policy Advisor. More details here: …

German Call for EU Programme of Investment

Nat O'Connor 06/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: The major German social democratic foundation (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) has circulated a cogent 24-page analysis outlining the case …

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