Category: Banking and finance
Comparison of EU Bank Bailouts
16/01/2013
Michael Taft uses Eurostat data here to compare the 'direct' impacts on General Government Deficits caused by the EU's numerous bank bailouts. In …
Promissory Notes: Any old deal won't do
Tom McDonnell 14/01/2013
Tom McDonnell: There is a real risk that any old deal in advance of the 31 March payment will be hailed as a victory after the failure to get a deal …
Open debate on paying the promissory notes - the long countdown
Tom McDonnell 13/12/2012
Tom McDonnell: Various official sources (including Ministers) have been making the claim in recent days that the 2012 promissory note to the IBRC …
The Default Option - Cancelling the Odious Debt
Tom McDonnell 14/11/2012
Tom McDonnell: We have seen again in the last few days that the troika are a not a monolith. They disagree quite fundamentally on many issues. It is …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: A perp walk for banks
Arthur Doohan 07/08/2012
Arthur Doohan: We all had a pleasantly salacious time some days ago watching various white-collar villains being hauled before the courts and given …
A long ways to go
Michael Taft 30/07/2012
Michael Taft: It is difficult to come to a judgement on the NTMA bond sale. That we entered the bond market accessing new money is a plus, especially …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: Don't complain - start repairing LIBOR
Arthur Doohan 20/07/2012
Arthur Doohan:LIBOR ‘structurally flawed’ says the ‘Fed’.... Power corrupts...even a little power corrupts quite a lot...as we have seen, …
MOU for Spain
Tom McDonnell 11/07/2012
Tom McDonnell: The Spanish Memorandum of understanding is here. EL Pais has distilled it down to 32 key points here. Eurointelligence helpfully …
Can the Eurozone be saved?
Tom McDonnell 10/07/2012
Tom McDonnell: Spanish 10-year bonds are now over 7.1%. It looks like there will be a Spanish National Asset Management Agency (SNAMA) set up as a …
Categories
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 …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …