Category: Inequality
It's just not fair (a Ben Hur tale)
Homo economicus 20/12/2010
Homo economicus: It's just not fair. We have been at sea for two years and have faced almighty storms and attacks from raiding speculator vessels. We …
Listening to common sense
Slí Eile 18/12/2010
Slí Eile: Sometimes we don't like listening to one of our own. Hence, expertise from outside is used to reassure us. Take David McWilliams. The …
Only growth can reduce the debt
Michael Burke 13/12/2010
Michael Burke: Over on Irish Ecoomy, Karl Whelan has initiated a useful discussion highlighting some of the differences between EU Commission and …
TASC analysis of Budget 2011
09/12/2010
TASC has issued its analysis of Budget 2011; you can download a PDF of the document here. Comments?
The €67.5 (not €85) billion bailout
Jim Stewart 02/12/2010
Jim Stewart: Whatever the Taoiseach thought he was doing at the press conference last Sunday) in announcing the EU/IMF net loans to Ireland of …
Unemployment, emigration and growth
Tom O'Connor 09/11/2010
Tom O'Connor: The seasonally adjusted unemployment figures show a fall of 6,500 signing on the live register. This is totally due to emigration. In …
A better way
Michael Burke 04/11/2010
Michael Burke: As the population braces itself for another round of swingeing cuts, the government and the overwhelming majority of the media …
Unemployment and paying for pensions
03/11/2010
Andrew Watt of the European Trade Union Institute - who spoke at the recent FEPS/TASC Autumn Conference - has an interesting take on jobs and …
INOU Pre-Budget Submission
03/11/2010
"Popular media debate would have us all believe that the crisis in the public finances arises because public expenditure went out of control. Did it? …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …