Category: Fiscal policy
Green shoots? Scorched earth!
An tSaoi 05/06/2009
An tSaoi:The Taoiseach sees positive signs in the May Exchequer figures, which were not as bad as expected. Tax paid in May was €64M over the …
The efficiency of “saving” vs “creating” jobs
Marie Sherlock 05/06/2009
Marie Sherlock: As the country goes to the polls tomorrow, Live register figures for the first five months of 2009 are due to be released. The …
An expanded comment: Paul Sweeney on Sean O Riain
Paul Sweeney 01/06/2009
Paul Sweeney: This is a thoughtful commentary on the banking crisis and what might transpire after it. At present as Sean O’Riain says, there is …
Dissent in the ranks
Slí Eile 29/05/2009
Slí Eile: Over on irisheconomy.ie (our neighbouring island!) you can read an interesting debate about accountability sparked by a chance remark …
Banking Reform
Sean Ó Riain 29/05/2009
Sean O Riain: Once we have banks that have been re-capitalised and apparently stable once more, where does our financial system go? In negative …
Surely we can do better than this?
Slí Eile 28/05/2009
Sli Eile: Writing in the Irish Times, Michael Casey a former chief economist with the Central Bank argues that a ‘Change of Government will not …
James Galbraith: "No return to normal"
25/05/2009
Professor James Galbraith will be speaking at the TASC Annual Lecture on June 4th, at 6.30 p.m. in the Royal Irish Academy. Meanwhile, here are some …
NAMA or nationalisation unlikely to achieve objectives
Jim Stewart 22/05/2009
Jim Stewart: Banks are a vital part of any modern economy. They perform a number of key functions (1) a repository and access to liquid assets; (2) …
Guest Post: Response to Richard Tol on 'Green New Deal'
21/05/2009
John Barry: Richard Tol, over at Irish Economy, has an ‘interesting’ take on one of the components of a Green New Deal for Ireland. Focusing on …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Paul Sweeney
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