Category: Economics
Deflation and Social Welfare Rates
12/06/2009
Karl Whelan over on irisheconomy.ie has a useful blog on the latest CSO CPI figures. He cautions against citing deflation in the housing mortgage …
Guest post: International competitiveness and the New Economy - the role of equality and diversity
Eoin Collins 12/06/2009
Eoin Collins: This paper on International Competitiveness and the New Economy: the Role of Diversity and Equality has been prepared by GLEN as an …
Towards an alternative economic strategy
12/06/2009
As part of its commitment to facilitating the development of an alternative economic strategy, TASC - the think-tank for action on social change - …
Making the case for pluralism in economic thinking
10/06/2009
John Barry: After writing a post asking Where's our 'Green' Whitaker?, I was reflecting on the relationship between the imperative for orthodox …
The financial crisis and the systemic failure of academic economics
10/06/2009
"The global financial crisis has revealed the need to rethink fundamentally how financial systems are regulated. It has also made clear a systemic …
TASC Annual Lecture discussion
Slí Eile 08/06/2009
Slí Eile: The Annual TASC Lecture given by James Galbraith and Maria Rodigrues attracted limited media attention (see Irish Times coverage). You can …
For those who didn't make it .....
05/06/2009
... to the TASC Annual Lecture yesterday, you can download a podcast of the interview James Galbraith gave to Irish Left Review's Donagh Brennan …
The efficiency of “saving” vs “creating” jobs
Marie Sherlock 05/06/2009
Marie Sherlock: As the country goes to the polls tomorrow, Live register figures for the first five months of 2009 are due to be released. The …
Where's our 'Green' Whitaker?
04/06/2009
John Barry: In the context of the severe crisis Ireland faces – which for me goes beyond the current economic/financial crisis but should be viewed …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …