Category: Fiscal policy
How to prevent stunning failures of corporate governance?
Nat O'Connor 14/05/2010
Nat O'Connor: In a major speech on the economy to the North Dublin Chamber of Commerce, the Taoiseach said that "Individuals were left in dominant …
Who will pay the inevitable tax increases?
Nat O'Connor 10/05/2010
Nat O'Connor: As part of our analysis of the Finance Act 2010 we looked at the national finances. An Saoi has pointed out that tax revenue is more or …
April figures
An tSaoi 06/05/2010
An Saoi: I said last month that April is a boring tax month with little happening. I had half intended skipping over making any comments but these …
Ireland is in top 10 Exporters of Services in 2009
Paul Sweeney 05/05/2010
Paul Sweeney: Last year saw huge collapses in economies all over the world and a massive fall in trade. China overtook Germany as the world’s …
Lessons from Greece
Michael Burke 28/04/2010
Michael Burke: Irish Economy has a thread on the impact on Ireland on the decision to downgrade Greece and Portugal. The credibility of the ratings' …
IMF links and leaks ....
22/04/2010
Yesterday's Guardian had an interesting article by Larry Elliott on the IMF's World Economic Outlook; the IMF has stated that "In most advanced …
Irish versus Transparency?
Nat O'Connor 19/04/2010
Nat O'Connor: Am I the only one who was wondering why it was taking so long for the Finance Act 2010 to be publicly available? (It was signed into …
ESRI commentary
Paul Sweeney 14/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: In his latest book, “Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy,” Joseph Stiglitz slams the Irish …
Tackling unemployment is the central challenge
Tom O'Connor 13/04/2010
Tom O'Connor: In a paper delivered last month to the Labour Party economic conference in Cork, I argued that any return to economic growth would not …
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