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Taxing questions
03/01/2012
The VAT increase announced in Budget 2012 (and flagged some time before) came into increase on January 1st, and yesterday TASC Director Nat O'Connor …
The Pension System in Ireland: Current Issues and Reform
Sinéad Pentony 21/12/2011
Sinéad Pentony: The TCD Pension Policy Research Group has recently published a Working Paper written by Jim Stewart called The Pension System in …
Growth?
Tom McDonnell 16/12/2011
Tom McDonnell: We've turned the corner...and gone over the cliff. See here. The expansionary fiscal contraction crowd seem to have gone a bit quiet …
There's loads of money left
Michael Burke 15/12/2011
Michael Burke: The FT’s Martin Wolf has an interesting piece in yesterday's paper. He discusses the latest EU summit and highlights the …
Employment is down
Tom McDonnell 12/12/2011
Tom McDonnell: It just keeps getting worse. Long-term unemployment now accounts for 56.3 per cent of total unemployment while the seasonally adjusted …
Euro lacks a government banker, not a lender of last resort
12/12/2011
This article by Thomas Palley, of the New America Foundation's Economic Growth Programme, was published in the FT Economists' Forum on December 9th …
Sargent and Sims lectures
Tom McDonnell 09/12/2011
Tom McDonnell:The Sargent and Sims Noble prize lectures are here. Tom Sargent poses four topical questions: 1. Should Government default on their …
A Hayek-Keynes rap video
Paul Sweeney 09/12/2011
Paul Sweeney: Many have heard of the key debate in 20th Century Economics which was between the ideas of Keynes and Hayek. Progressives support the …
A Roadmap to Greater Inequality: TASC response to Budget 2012
08/12/2011
TASC's response to Budget 2012, A Roadmap to Greater Inequality, is available for download here.
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Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …