Category: Fiscal policy
Shadow regulation and shadow banking: the role of the Dublin International Financial Services Centre
26/02/2009
This piece has been cross-posted from the Tax Justice Network blog. Although written in July 2008, it remains highly topical. Jim Stewart: Shadow …
Pay Cuts
25/02/2009
Could all commentators calling for reductions in social welfare payments and / or pay-cuts for the working poor lead the way by voluntarily reducing …
Revealing assumptions of former senior civil servant
Peadar Kirby 25/02/2009
Peadar Kirby: The article by Cathal O'Loghlin in today's Irish Times headlined 'Union response to public sector levy fails to find a better way' is …
To nationalise or not to nationalise ?
Slí Eile 24/02/2009
Sli Eile: Now that the inevitable draws near - questions are asked about how nationalisation of banking in Ireland would operate. It is timely to …
Pay cuts are neither a panacea nor even a help for Ireland's economic problems
Paul Sweeney 22/02/2009
Paul Sweeney: The remarkable barrage of calls for pay cuts, from both orthodox economists and the "pop economists", as the the solution to (most of) …
Return to Growth Paradigm in Petrochemical Economy not an Option
Peadar Kirby 22/02/2009
Peadar Kirby: The focus of public attention and debate on recession and cutbacks at the moment indicates the extreme poverty of public discourse in …
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