Category: Fiscal policy
Principle 5 - Up the Game - Compete on new knowledge and Services
Slí Eile 29/11/2009
Slí Eile: The current economic crisis is forcing us to move away from strategies that rely on a combination of dependence on foreign direct …
Ireland and Dubai
Paul Sweeney 29/11/2009
Paul Sweeney: The Irish economy could collapse? Is this possible? The editorial in Saturday’s Financial Times (28th November 2009), on Dubai, …
IMF chief warns on exit strategy
Michael Burke 23/11/2009
Michael Burke: Report in the Financial Times, Monday November 23: "'Economic stimulus programmes, including those in the UK, should not be withdrawn …
Multipliers then and now
Michael Burke 19/11/2009
Michael Burke: There is further evidence that fiscal stimulus works. Kevin O'Rourke has (re)posted here a very interesting piece by Barry Eichengreen …
Where will the jobs come from?
Michael Taft 17/11/2009
Michael Taft: Such is the focus of the debate on deficits, borrowing and related fiscal issues, we are in danger of consigning the issues of recovery …
The Procrustean bed of statistics
Michael Taft 12/11/2009
Michael Taft: In Greek mythology the rogue Procrustes had an iron bed in which guests were invited to rest on. He would then hold them down and, if …
Home truths from abroad
Michael Burke 11/11/2009
Michael Burke: It’s in the nature of a globalised economy that all economies tend to exhibit a specific combination of global trends. For a small …
Are we going too far?
08/11/2009
Last week, on PE, guest blogger Michael Burke, in a post entitled Why is the Rest of the World out of Step with Ireland?, made the case for a …
'There is a better way than cuts'
Slí Eile 05/11/2009
Slí Eile: In the interest of balance and with due regard for many economists, it is necessary to point out that not all economists believe that we …
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