Category: Economics
Progressive London conference
Sinéad Pentony 04/03/2011
Sinéad Pentony: Progressive London is a broad alliance for progressive policies, and they hosted their annual conference on 19th February, bringing …
Guest post by Andy Storey: Call for debt audit
04/03/2011
Dr Andy Storey is a lecturer in the School of Politics & International Relations at UCD. A number of prominent Irish academics, writers and …
Problems and Solutions
Slí Eile 25/02/2011
Sli Eile: Due to Blogger formatting problems, can't post this directly - but click here for a breakdown of the economic issues facing us, …
Happy Birthday, Progressive Economy!
Slí Eile 22/02/2011
Slí Eile: Today, Progressive Economy is two years old. 872 posts later this blog site is learning to walk and talk economics in the market place of …
Economists on Ireland's export performance - more sad stories
Proinnsias Breathnach 16/02/2011
Proinnsias Breathnach: One thing that has always struck me about Irish economists is that, despite the importance of foreign direct investment and …
'Job Pact', not 'Competitiveness Pact'
Tom McDonnell 15/02/2011
Tom McDonnell: Useful post (here) from Andrew Watt. He looks at the latest uninspiring growth figures in Europe (0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the euro …
Credit cards in December
An tSaoi 08/02/2011
An Saoi: The Central Bank provides an analysis of credit cards as part of its monthly statistical report. It is the very final Table in the monthly …
Guest post by Dale Tussing: Chinese Health Care - Its Rise and Fall and Current Struggles
07/02/2011
With healthcare one of the items on the General Election agenda, Professor Dale Tussing takes a look at the Chinese experience. It is quite a jump, …
Ireland and Greece – A tale of the good twin and the bad twin and their common fate
Terry McDonough, CJ Polychroniou 07/02/2011
Terry McDonough and CJ Polychroniou: The Celtic Tiger was one of the most famous economic success stories of recent times. Ireland was the poster boy …
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Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …