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Has the State any Business in Business?
Sinéad Pentony 30/05/2012
Sinéad Pentony: TASC held its first lunchtime seminar yesterday. Paul Sweeney considered the question - ‘Has the State any business in …
Our problem is not the EU - our problem is ourselves
Colm O'Doherty 29/05/2012
Colm O'Doherty: Earlier this year, in Davos, Enda Kenny spoke about moral failure and its responsibility for our economic crash. He said that easy …
How bad is Greece?
Rory O'Farrell 27/05/2012
Rory O'Farrell: Government deficits can be broken down into two parts: interest payments and the 'primary balance'. The primary balance includes …
NERI Information note on the Fiscal Compact
Tom Healy 24/05/2012
Tom Healy: The note presents some important facts and insights - not all of which have got an airing in the public debate to date. The document may …
Fiscal treaty is a social, political and economic threat
24/05/2012
I humbly draw your attention to the Irish Times today, in which the Tasc Economists Network is mentioned at the end. …
TASC submission on unemployment
Sinéad Pentony 22/05/2012
Sinéad Pentony: In a submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education, TASC has looked at a number of key questions. …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan (II): Debt realities
Arthur Doohan 22/05/2012
Arthur Doohan: In five years we have gone from being the "pinup stars" for EU growth to being the "posterchildren" for austerity and, like a nodding …
Ireland and EFSF access
Tom McDonnell 21/05/2012
Tom McDonnell: It was pointed out on this blog a few weeks ago that Ireland would be able to obtain access to new funding from the EFSF provided the …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: It's the economy, stupid
Arthur Doohan 17/05/2012
Arthur Doohan: "...most of the people ...were unhappy… Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Jim Stewart
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Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …