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Portugal and the Tony Soprano bailout
08/04/2011
In the excellent TV series The Sopranos there is an episode where mobster Tony Soprano tells a small-time gambler why he let him play and lose in the …
Forthcoming events
07/04/2011
A few forthcoming events may be of interest to PE readers; continue below the fold for more information. TASC and Smart Taxes are collaborating to …
Over-enthusiastic spam checker
06/04/2011
Apologies to any PE readers who've had their comments filtered as spam. During the past week or so, the automatic spam checker has been …
How much is the taxpayer on the hook for?
Michael Burke 05/04/2011
Michael Burke: Frightening people into submission is a fairly easy trick. One tactic is to frighten them with an outlandish demand – then soften …
Is the IMF changing? A hard-hitting attack on the Washington Consensus
Paul Sweeney 05/04/2011
Paul Sweeney: As the IMF is here in Ireland, with the ECB and EU Commission, on a mission of assisting Irish citizens to bail out our banks and thus …
March tax returns
An tSaoi 05/04/2011
An Saoi: The tax returns for March give us our first real feel for what is happening in the economy in 2011 through the bi-monthly VAT returns. VAT …
Coffey on the banking cost
Tom McDonnell 04/04/2011
Tom McDonnell: Seamus Coffey has put together a very lucid post over at Economic Incentives estimating the actual scale of the banking cost. This …
Affordable, manageable and sustainable
Michael Taft 04/04/2011
Michael Taft: Some commentary has suggested that Black Thursday wasn’t all that bad; in particular the bail-out won’t add much to our general …
Banking on a new deal
Slí Eile 03/04/2011
Slí Eile: Banking is at the heart of the economy. It should serve two core social needs: - A place of security for those who deposit savings - A …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …