Category: Investment
Is the Irish Economy At a Turning-Point?
Michael Burke 12/07/2012
Michael Burke: There are a number of curious features of the latest quarterly national accounts data. Statisticians frequently warn that these are …
Investment strategies and economic recovery
05/07/2012
TASC hosted its third lunchtime seminar yesterday. Tom Healy, Director of the Nevin Economic Research Institute, gave an interesting presentation on …
Splashing the water
Michael Taft 28/06/2012
Michael Taft: First there was Claiming our Future with its bold but common-sensical proposals to promote growth and equity in the economy. Now we …
Invest and do no further harm
27/06/2012
The Nevin Economic Research Institute will be publishing its second Quarterly Economic Observer later today. Click here to download the full …
There is an alternative and we have choices
Tom Healy 27/03/2012
Tom Healy: Today the Nevin Economic Research Institute is being launched. The website www.NERInstitute.net contains information about the new …
Government spending policy is deepening the crisis
Michael Burke 23/03/2012
Michael Burke: The latest national accounts data are worse than they look. The headlines have been about a ‘technical return’ to recession with …
As 'austerity' isn't working, what's the alternative?
Michael Burke 27/02/2012
Michael Burke: Tom Healey has made some very good points in debunking the myth that ‘austerity’ is working. In general the EU governments that …
The false economy of selling state assets to fund job creation
Sinéad Pentony 22/02/2012
Sinéad Pentony: Today’s announcement provides us with some more details on the government’s thinking in relation to the role of state assets in …
There is an alternative
Tom Healy 27/01/2012
Tom Healy: A copy of a paper I gave at the Dublin Economics Workshop today is available here. The conference provides an opportunity for a large …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
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