Category: Economics
Let's Have More Budget Transparency
Nat O'Connor 21/11/2011
Nat O'Connor: Seán Whelan on RTÉ Six One News last Friday quipped that democratically elected representatives were the first to see Michael …
Bad plan, false arguments
Michael Taft 21/11/2011
Michael Taft: The Minister for Finance’s comments justifying VAT increases are deeply worrying, for they evince either considerable unfamiliarity …
Embracing "Deadly Sins"
Tom McDonnell 17/11/2011
Tom McDonnell: Eurointelligence is reporting that Wolfgang Franz, chairperson of the group of economic counsellors to the German government, is …
Turning phrases in the face of reality
Michael Taft 07/11/2011
Michael Taft: So we have more austerity and less growth, more debt and less jobs, more spending cuts and less investment – welcome to the …
TASC Pre-Budget Submission
Aoife Ní Lochlainn 02/11/2011
Aoife Ní Lochlainn: With the conclusion of the latest round of elections and referendums, public attention will now turn to the upcoming four year …
Martin Wolf's open letter to Mario Draghi
26/10/2011
"You must choose between two paths: the orthodox one leads towards failure; the unorthodox one should lead towards success. The eurozone confronts a …
Profits and austerity
Michael Burke 25/10/2011
Michael Burke: In all the discussion of the economy and the crisis, one word is hardly ever mentioned - profits. This piece looks at the level of …
Visualising the Contagion Machine
Tom McDonnell 24/10/2011
Tom McDonnell: The New York Times has put up a useful visualisation charting potential channels of contagion within the Euro zone. For a nice visual …
Ireland: export boom or import bust?
21/10/2011
Merijn Knibbe has an interesting post here on the Real World Economics Review blog - thanks to Michael Burke for the hat-tip.
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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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