Category: Fiscal policy
Guest post by Dieter Benecke: Qualitative growth - progressive economics and inclusive development
Dieter Benecke 14/10/2009
Dieter Benecke: Last Saturday TASC organised a conference entitled “Towards a Progressive Economics”. The speakers focussed mainly on the reasons …
The National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Some suggested changes
Jim Stewart 08/10/2009
Jim Stewart: The Green Party will this Saturday make what are likely to be historic decisions in relation to a programme for Government. Key amongst …
The National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: the value of loans
Jim Stewart 06/10/2009
Jim Stewart: One of the contentious issues in the NAMA proposal is the value of the loans being purchased. Loans with an estimated market value of …
What's NAMA got to do with it?
Slí Eile 06/10/2009
Slí Eile: Two questions: 1 Has the Bord Snip process anything to do with the banking/NAMA debacle? Colm McCarthy emphatically says no but he misses …
Exchequer returns: fairy godmothers desert Lenihan
An tSaoi 03/10/2009
An Saoi: September has come and gone, and the trees outside my window will shortly be as bare as the State’s coffers. Grey clouds mass from the …
Public Sector Pay: CSO add their part to the analysis
Slí Eile 01/10/2009
Slí Eile: The controversy around public-private sector pay differences continues following today's release by the Central Statistics Office of a …
Guest post by Brendan Williams: Switching market principles on/off in NAMA
Brendan Williams 01/10/2009
Brendan Williams: The recently announced legislation on Nama, by allowing for the potential payment of a future market recovery price for assets, …
Two reasons to vote yes
01/10/2009
Jim Stewart Reason 1 The Global Financial Stability Report by the IMF published on 30 September shows that, in February/March this year, the ECB was …
NAMA, the Commission on Taxation and rent reviews: the rogue's guide to Irish finance
An tSaoi 28/09/2009
An Saoi: I have refrained from making any comment on the Commission on Taxation Report to date, mainly because of its lack of any new content and …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …