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China (IV) - China and Western Economics

Paul Sweeney 11/08/2010

Paul Sweeney: Western economists believe that their model is superior because it is supposedly market-led, has better technology, better social …

Finding the money

Michael Taft 05/08/2010

Michael Taft: Even before the Live Register figures were released, Tom O’Connor put forward a powerful critique of the Government’s failed fiscal …

China (III) - Beijing's scramble for Africa

Paul Sweeney 30/07/2010

Paul Sweeney: This is the third of four (maybe five) posts on China. The first examined Chinese investment and the second FDI in China and its impact …

Evolution ... and economists

29/07/2010

The following is the text of a letter from Terry McDonough carried in today's Irish Times: Michael Casey, reviewing The Company of Strangers: A …

The Austerity Debate

Slí Eile 27/07/2010

Slí Eile: Don't miss the Great Austerity Debate running on the Financial Times at this site. Some heavy hitters have weighed in followed by a thread …

Minimum wage - facts, fiction and flights of fancy

Sinéad Pentony 27/07/2010

Sinéad Pentony: The minimum wage rate is €8.65 per hour and it has been frozen since 2007. The introduction of the two per cent income levy in the …

Stimulus and austerity

Peter Connell 26/07/2010

Peter Connell: Over on irisheconomy.ie there has been an enlightening discussion on one of our favourite topics – austerity versus stimulus. The …

The Economics Anti-Textbook....at last some fresh thinking on economics

24/07/2010

John Barry: Have just received a review copy of The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Micro-economics by Rod Hill and Tony Myatt …

Having a go in the dark

Michael Taft 22/07/2010

Michael Taft: That the Sunday Business Post has another go at public sector workers should hardly be news. Every time they mention public sector …

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