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Open letter in Irish Times: austerity breeding stagnation
06/04/2012
Today's open letter in the Irish Times, signed by many names familiar to PE readers, is available here. Comments?
The clouding effect of international tax avoidance
Sheila Killian 05/04/2012
Sheila Killian: In the Central Bank’s most recent Quarterly Bulletin, released today, Mary Everett does a good analysis of the impact of …
Keeping that inflation monster in check
04/04/2012
Over on Social Europe Journal, Andrew Watt has a link to a priceless educational video produced by the ECB on the dangers of inflation. As Andrew …
GDP contraction in the crisis Euro area economies
Michael Burke 02/04/2012
Michael Burke: OECD comparative data for the crisis EU countries highlights the extent of that crisis. Greece has become a by-word for the effects of …
Michael O'Sullivan on the European project
30/03/2012
Michael O'Sullivan, author of 'Ireland and the Global question', has an interesting opinion piece in today's Financial Times.
Welcome to the inequality cycle
Michael Taft 28/03/2012
Michael Taft: We are now starting to get data to assess just who in society is getting hit and who is getting by. Of course, we know about …
There is an alternative and we have choices
Tom Healy 27/03/2012
Tom Healy: Today the Nevin Economic Research Institute is being launched. The website www.NERInstitute.net contains information about the new …
Dishonesty and the 'structural deficit'
Michael Burke 26/03/2012
Michael Burke: An article in the Irish Times by Stephen Collins which asserts that the new Treaty “seeks to do is to put an end to the kind of …
Government spending policy is deepening the crisis
Michael Burke 23/03/2012
Michael Burke: The latest national accounts data are worse than they look. The headlines have been about a ‘technical return’ to recession with …
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