Category: Economics
Comparative prices for the EU
Rory O'Farrell 28/06/2011
Rory O'Farrell: Eurostat has brought out an interesting publication today on comparative prices. This index is based on consumer expenditure, so one …
Cost/benefit analysis of complying with the ECB’s wishes
Tom McDonnell 27/06/2011
Tom McDonnell: Namawinelake has put up part of the transcript from Minister Noonan's interview yesterday on 'The Week' programme. Evidently the ECB …
Progressive growth, rather than regressive austerity
Tom McDonnell 20/06/2011
Tom McDonnell: Michael O'Sullivan has a very thoughtful piece over at the Sunday Business Post. He argues that a full restructuring of the Greek debt …
The realm of forgetting
Michael Burke 18/06/2011
Michael Burke: I’m guessing that Dan O’Brien may not be every reader of this blog’s favourite economic commentator. Just a hunch. But reading a …
A long, long, long way to go
Michael Taft 16/06/2011
Michael Taft: A good step; but a very small step: the Finance Minister’s announcement that the Government will seek a substantial write-down of the …
Cutting Human Rights
Tom McDonnell 14/06/2011
Tom McDonnell: It was good to see the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammerberg wade into the austerity debate (See Here). He …
Believing in fairies
Slí Eile 05/06/2011
Slí Eile: While columnist Breda O'Brien may not be everyone's cuppa tea I suspect that contributors to this board will give at least 9 out of 10 for …
Martin Wolf's Intolerable Choices for the Eurozone
02/06/2011
Martin Wolf provides a timely analysis of the Eurozone's options. Wolf argues that ultimately the Eurozone faces a choice between default and partial …
The Gloves are Off!
Sinéad Pentony 27/05/2011
Sinead Pentony: When the Report of the Independent Review of EROs and REA Wage Setting Mechanisms was published on Wednesday, there was a general …
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