Category: Economics
Its all down to political choices informed by values
Slí Eile 16/11/2009
Slí Eile: We are in the midst of a global, European and national crisis – economically, politically and morally. Decisions made in the coming days …
The future just got worse
Michael Taft 12/11/2009
Michael Taft: The EU Commission has announced that Ireland will get an extension to the target date for return to Maastricht compliance. Instead of …
Home truths from abroad
Michael Burke 11/11/2009
Michael Burke: It’s in the nature of a globalised economy that all economies tend to exhibit a specific combination of global trends. For a small …
'O make me a Keynesian (but not yet)' ?
Slí Eile 09/11/2009
Slí Eile: The entry by UK economist David Blanchflower into the domestic economic debate (re-flation versus deflation) created a stir last week. For …
Are we going too far?
08/11/2009
Last week, on PE, guest blogger Michael Burke, in a post entitled Why is the Rest of the World out of Step with Ireland?, made the case for a …
The Moral Basis for Taxation
Nat O'Connor 06/11/2009
Nat O'Connor: Do progressive economists have a shared belief in the moral basis for taxation? Let me start by referencing Daniel J. Mitchell's 2006 …
Guest post by Niall Douglas: Tax Sin, Never Good
06/11/2009
Following TASC's Autumn Conference in October, we have been carrying an occasional series of guest posts from some of the attendees. This is the …
BBC podcast: The Economist's New Clothes
Nat O'Connor 06/11/2009
Nat O'Connor: I found this BBC Analysis podcast to be a good overview of the crisis in the economics profession. I particularly liked the discussion …
Social Justice Ireland Alternative Budget
Slí Eile 05/11/2009
Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland is to be commended for taking on the Dublin Consensus by working on an alternative budget. SJI has gone through the …
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Kirsty Doyle
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