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Category: Fiscal policy

Keep cutting and hoping?

Slí Eile 20/05/2009

Slí Eile: If anything the atmosphere at today's 2nd 'Economic Crisis' conference in Dublin was gloomier than the first one last January. It was a …

Will a Domestic Stimulus work in a Small Open Economy like Ireland?

Slí Eile 19/05/2009

Sli Eile: Taoiseach Brian Cowen commented over the last weekend that the main opposition parties wants the Government to cut more while the other …

'There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess'

Slí Eile 14/05/2009

Slí Eile: “There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess. Ireland saw the biggest building boom since the pyramids and this is going to …

Do it, Explain it, Avoid it

Slí Eile 13/05/2009

Sli Eile: “Do it, Explain it and Avoid it” is the advice of Jens Henriksson. He also says that ‘A few powerpoint slides, a report and a good …

Current policies set to exacerbate economic crisis

Jim Stewart 12/05/2009

Jim Stewart: The Government's main stated current economic policies (Budget April, 2009) are (1) to stabilise the public finances and (2) provide …

The Banking Crisis and the Real Economy

Jim Stewart 08/05/2009

Jim Stewart: Recent reported commentary in the media from the ESRI, drawing an analogy between Zimbabwe and Ireland is unhelpful in terms of …

The '07 Smell Test?

Slí Eile 07/05/2009

Slí Eile: Over on Irisheconomy.ie Colm McCarthy is warning against nostalgia about going back to 2007. We must agree. But that is about the extent …

Guest post: Is the World Bank Reforming Itself?

David Joyce 30/04/2009

David Joyce: Earlier this week, the World Bank issued a memorandum to its country and sector directors instructing them to stop using the "Employing …

The debate elsewhere: stimulus and tax havens

26/04/2009

Jeffrey Sachs has an interesting take on the stimulus debate in the Scientific American here - any comments? - while the Tax Justice Network's blog …

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