Category: Inequality
Defend the poor and the marginalised
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: Even when Ireland recently enjoyed the status of being the sixth wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita it was not, …
Rebuilding Trust: Priority Number One
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: There is an urgent and unavoidable need to generate hope at this time. In a previous blog here, there is a series of principles which need …
John Baker on The Spirit Level
09/11/2009
John Baker of UCD's School of Social Justice has just posted an illuminating review of Wilkinson & Pickett's recent book, The Spirit Level: Why …
Scaring us into greater inequality
James Wickham 09/11/2009
James Wickham: In a recent article in the Irish Times (4 November) Philip Lane warned that higher levels of income taxation could restrict Ireland's …
Wanted: an Economic Policy Analyst
06/11/2009
TASC is recruiting an Economic Policy Analyst. The successful candidate will be responsible for researching, analysing and advising on public policy …
Social Justice Ireland Alternative Budget
Slí Eile 05/11/2009
Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland is to be commended for taking on the Dublin Consensus by working on an alternative budget. SJI has gone through the …
Wealthy Germans Call for Wealth Tax
Nat O'Connor 30/10/2009
Nat O'Connor: The BBC reports that "A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher …
How much does the State spend as a percentage of GDP?
Slí Eile 20/10/2009
Slí Eile: Earlier this month, at a conference of the National Economic and Social Council, Joseph Stiglitz warned against a single-minded focus on …
Looking outward: the economic crisis and the developing world
12/10/2009
"The UN estimates that up to 103 million more people will fall into poverty or fail to escape poverty because of the crisis. According to the …
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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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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …