Category: Economics
The Ways to Address Core Inequality - Market Inequality.
Paul Sweeney 16/04/2024
It was seen in the last blog on Market Inequality that there are a number of factors creating the problem. The first issue is that the distribution of national income between capital and labour is increasingly unequal. A second factor is that the tax and welfare system can alleviate market inequality. This is working well in Ireland. Thirdly, …
Automatic Enrolment: Risk and Returns
Jim Stewart 23/01/2024
As AE is a funded scheme, the accumulated lump sum and future pension payments are a direct function of contributions and the return on these …
Major Issues where Mainstream Economists Failed - Part 1
Paul Sweeney 04/07/2023
In the last blog, I examined the President of Ireland's speech critical of the lack of heterodoxy (or differences) in Irish economics. I argued that …
Neo-Liberalism and Neo Classical Economics in Ireland
Paul Sweeney 12/06/2023
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins' speech at the 21th of anniversary of TASC in April 2023, caused a lot of reaction from mainstream …
Blockchain is a 32-Year-Old Gimmick
Rory O'Farrell 30/05/2023
Blockchain is old hat. In 1991 blockchain was first proposed by two scientists at Bell Labs, long enough for the technology to mature and stand on …
Fiscal Rules Update
Robert Sweeney 15/05/2023
Last month the EU Commission released a communication on the fiscal rules that would, if implemented, have major implications for Europe. It would …
Energy poverty, environmental degradation, lack of affordable housing and the rise of the far right
Shana Cohen 09/05/2023
This article was first published in The Irish Times on the 9th of May 2023. President Michael D Higgins’s
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …