Category: Economics
Guest post by Michael Burke: Why is the rest of the world out of step with Ireland?
Michael Burke 05/11/2009
Michael Burke: Ever have one of those moments when you just know everyone else has got it wrong and you’ve got it right? When you say, I don’t …
Where are all the (cash) savings going?
An tSaoi 04/11/2009
An Saoi: Hidden inside the Central Bank’s monthly statistical reports is an analysis of household cash holdings in banks and credit unions (Table …
'Cut Deep, Cut Now and Keep on Cutt'n'
Slí Eile 02/11/2009
Slí Eile: The cage was truly rattled, today, by David Blanchflower, UK economist, who challenged the home consensus about deflation. Speaking at the …
Ignorance is not strength
Michael Taft 01/11/2009
Michael Taft: I would say this debate is turning for the worse, but that would be incorrect. You need to have two sides in a debate. All we get is an …
Recovery is not reform
01/11/2009
Recovery is not reform. The government’s intended path to recovery is a mixture of borrowing, pay cuts, and spending cuts. All recovery plans treat …
The many-legged Irish Recession
28/10/2009
"The Irish economy certainly is in a recession and, by the rule-of-thumb definition, we’re in a depression. The economy will fall by more than 10% …
An alternative approach
26/10/2009
"There are now 428,000 people on the live register. The corrosive effect of this – the risk of long-term unemployment and the pressure on the …
Revitalising economics after the crash: online petition
23/10/2009
"The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth". These …
Prudence in the Face of the Unknown is Key
Stephen Kinsella 23/10/2009
Stephen Kinsella: It is almost never correct to sacrifice a present benefit for a doubtful advantage in the future. Ireland's political classes …
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