Category: Economics
Low corporate taxes and poverty
Slí Eile 27/04/2009
Sli Eile: In a letter to the Irish Times, Justin Kilcullen of Trócaire imagines what it would be like if ‘thousands of Africans, Asians, and Latin …
Back to the future
Slí Eile 22/04/2009
Sli Eile: John Maynard Keynes, speaking in UCD in 1933, praised the self-sufficiency policies of various countries including, at the time, ‘Italy, …
Budget 2009, ODA and Guru George
22/04/2009
The effects of the recent Budget will be felt in the developing world as well as here in Ireland - click here for Oxfam's response to the ODA …
Erin Go Broke? Krugman's NT Times piece - and some reaction
20/04/2009
Paul Krugman has an opinion piece in today's New York Times, arguing - among other points made - that "As far as responding to the recession goes, …
Analysing credit
An tSaoi 18/04/2009
An Saoi: Let us assume that the Irish economy will decline by more than 10% in 2009 and that the consumer price index will also fall by around 7%. …
The budget, the over-fifties and the under-fives
Jim Stewart 15/04/2009
Jim Stewart: The recent supplementary budget, while removing a considerable amount of income from almost everyone, also treated some groups in …
Who is Lawrence Summers?
David Jacobson 10/04/2009
David Jacobson: A New York Times article on 3rd April reveals that Lawrence H. Summers, top economic advisor to Obama, earned millions of dollars …
Budget 2009: What they're saying online
09/04/2009
Online reactions to the Budget and its aftermath include Karl Whelan over at the Irish Economy blog, who makes a pithy point today regarding Peter …
Budget 2009: What they're saying (II)
08/04/2009
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul points out that 30% of people already in poverty have a job, and states that bringing those below the minimum wage …
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