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The impoverishment of Ireland
Michael Taft 01/12/2011
Michael Taft: The CSO has produced the preliminary results from the annual EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions. And the results show an …
Poverty, inequality and Budget 2012
Sinéad Pentony 30/11/2011
Sinéad Pentony: The publication of the preliminary results from the 2010 Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC) is very timely in the run up …
Let's see rationales behind Budget decisions
Tom McDonnell 29/11/2011
Tom McDonnell: When Minister Noonan stands up in the Dáil next Tuesday it would be helpful if the tax measures he is introducing were accompanied by …
Budget 2012 - Choices
Tom McDonnell 28/11/2011
Tom McDonnell: According to Eurostat, Ireland will have the lowest rate of gross fixed capital formation in the EU next year (see pages 68-69 of the …
Ireland not an austerity role model ...
Michael Burke 28/11/2011
Michael Burke: This is an interesting piece from Martin Knijbbe on Ireland as a poster-boy for 'austerity' measures. In response to an article from …
Crisis update
Tom McDonnell 28/11/2011
Tom McDonnell: FT Alphaville is reporting that Moody's is now talking about multiple defaults and a Eurozone break-up. See here for the Moody's press …
The Euro Crisis: is history repeating itself?
Jim Stewart 25/11/2011
Jim Stewart: It is a “common view ... that the world was headed for a massive payments crisis in which several European countries would default on …
Who will pay more and who will be protected in Budget 2012
Sinéad Pentony 25/11/2011
Sinéad Pentony: Budget season is well and truly underway and the slow drip feed of information and kite flying continues. The broad thrust of the …
One more roll of the dice
Tom McDonnell 24/11/2011
Tom McDonnell: There seems to be a growing consensus (finally) that only the ECB has the capacity to end the immediate crisis in the Euro zone. The …
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Contributors
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …