Category: Banking and finance
Banking Reform
Sean Ó Riain 29/05/2009
Sean O Riain: Once we have banks that have been re-capitalised and apparently stable once more, where does our financial system go? In negative …
Surely we can do better than this?
Slí Eile 28/05/2009
Sli Eile: Writing in the Irish Times, Michael Casey a former chief economist with the Central Bank argues that a ‘Change of Government will not …
NAMA or nationalisation unlikely to achieve objectives
Jim Stewart 22/05/2009
Jim Stewart: Banks are a vital part of any modern economy. They perform a number of key functions (1) a repository and access to liquid assets; (2) …
'There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess'
Slí Eile 14/05/2009
Slí Eile: “There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess. Ireland saw the biggest building boom since the pyramids and this is going to …
Current policies set to exacerbate economic crisis
Jim Stewart 12/05/2009
Jim Stewart: The Government's main stated current economic policies (Budget April, 2009) are (1) to stabilise the public finances and (2) provide …
The Banking Crisis and the Real Economy
Jim Stewart 08/05/2009
Jim Stewart: Recent reported commentary in the media from the ESRI, drawing an analogy between Zimbabwe and Ireland is unhelpful in terms of …
The '07 Smell Test?
Slí Eile 07/05/2009
Slí Eile: Over on Irisheconomy.ie Colm McCarthy is warning against nostalgia about going back to 2007. We must agree. But that is about the extent …
How sub-prime bankers 'bought' financial de-regulation in the US
Paul Sweeney 07/05/2009
Paul Sweeney: De-regulation did not just happen. It was bought, partially! So much for the idea that the free marketeers won the battle for ideas …
The root cause of the recession
Paul Sweeney 05/05/2009
Paul Sweeney: Too much competition can be bad. It is heresy to most liberal economists, but the low interest rate and liberalisation of markets did …
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Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …