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Category: Fiscal policy

Guest post by Michael Burke: Why is the rest of the world out of step with Ireland?

Michael Burke 05/11/2009

Michael Burke: Ever have one of those moments when you just know everyone else has got it wrong and you’ve got it right? When you say, I don’t …

Where are all the (cash) savings going?

An tSaoi 04/11/2009

An Saoi: Hidden inside the Central Bank’s monthly statistical reports is an analysis of household cash holdings in banks and credit unions (Table …

Public intellectuals and the crisis

Slí Eile 03/11/2009

Slí Eile: ‘We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.’ (Einstein) In an excellent piece in last …

'Cut Deep, Cut Now and Keep on Cutt'n'

Slí Eile 02/11/2009

Slí Eile: The cage was truly rattled, today, by David Blanchflower, UK economist, who challenged the home consensus about deflation. Speaking at the …

Recovery is not reform

01/11/2009

Recovery is not reform. The government’s intended path to recovery is a mixture of borrowing, pay cuts, and spending cuts. All recovery plans treat …

Its OK to borrow off-sheet when it comes to NAMA

Slí Eile 29/10/2009

Slí eile: When it comes to sorting out banking and keeping risk to under 5% for bondholders, there is nothing to beat a bit of creative accounting …

Controversies over speed of fiscal adjustment

Slí Eile 28/10/2009

Slí Eile: A recent paper by John Fitzgerald of the ESRI (‘Fiscal Policy for Recovery’) indicates the scale of challenge facing public finances …

Cash for Crap Houses: Ireland & NAMA

Stephen Kinsella 28/10/2009

Stephen Kinsella: Ronan Lyons has the story on the idea that NAMA should become a hands-on property management company. Long story short, it is a …

NAMA made simple

Slí Eile 23/10/2009

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