Category: Economics
Cutting Off your Nose to Spite Your Face – Mc Carthy and the Revenue
An tSaoi 24/07/2009
An Saoi: The Revenue Commissioners get off lightly in McCarthy’s Report. It is suggested that savings of around €26M could be made. However as …
Minimum wages and low pay
Michael Taft 24/07/2009
Michael Taft: The latest swing in the debate has turned on those earning the minimum wage, though in truth this is a continuation of the call last …
An Bord Snip Nua and the Active Citizenship Office
Colm O'Doherty 23/07/2009
Colm O'Doherty: While I have previously argued that the active citizenship agenda of the Cowen and Ahern governments has lacked policymaking …
Why wage cuts are not a good thing
23/07/2009
This post was written by Professor Terrence McDonough of the Department of Economics in NUIG in May. Given the current debate on pay levels (whether …
The logic of living in a 'free' market economy
Slí Eile 22/07/2009
Slí Eile: An interesting feature of the Special Group’s deliberations is the extent to which it went beyond its strict remit and expectations. It …
Is public spending in Ireland too high?
Slí Eile 20/07/2009
Slí Eile: Simple question. But not so straight forward when it comes to it. Too high relative to ‘what we can afford?’, ‘too high relative to …
Here's to economic recovery
Michael Taft 20/07/2009
Michael Taft: Maybe Colm McCarthy doesn’t drink Carlsberg. He certainly has not taken on board their recent ad campaign which suggests: ‘It’s …
When is spam not spam? When it's As Gaeilge ...
20/07/2009
Last Thursday morning, shortly after The Report had been released and our bloggers were preparing to comment, we received the following message from …
When is a baseline figure .... not a baseline figure?
18/07/2009
The Irish Times has a report today quoting a slightly bemused Michael Somers, head of the NTMA. It seems The Report recommended cutting NTMA staff …
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