Posts by Michael Taft
Michael Taft @notesonthefront
Michael Taft is an economic analyst and trade unionist. He is author of the Notes of the Front blog and a member of the TASC Economists’ Network.
Welcome to the inequality cycle
Michael Taft 28/03/2012
Michael Taft: We are now starting to get data to assess just who in society is getting hit and who is getting by. Of course, we know about …
Ireland's funding options: Time to end the 'race-to-disaster' debate
Michael Taft, Tom McDonnell 20/03/2012
Tom McDonnell & Michael Taft: Even before the wording has been published and a referendum date named there is one issue that looks set to …
Cleaning up the debate
Michael Taft 13/03/2012
Michael Taft: In Saturday’s Irish Times Stephen Collins wrote: ‘Far from outlawing Keynesian economics, what the treaty seeks to do is to put an …
The EU-IMF Deal Does Not Require Privatisation
Michael Taft 22/02/2012
Michael Taft: Whatever about the case-by-case merits of the Government’s announcement today regarding the sell-off of state assets, we should be …
26 into one won't go
Michael Taft 26/01/2012
Michael Taft: Media outlets are reporting a new crackdown on the unemployed. Apparently, the Department of Social Protection intends to introduce new …
If we don't talk about it, nothing bad will happen
Michael Taft 17/01/2012
Michael Taft: It is frustrating that so much debate about the economy is informed by denial (the insanity of the speculative boom was denied for …
The impoverishment of Ireland
Michael Taft 01/12/2011
Michael Taft: The CSO has produced the preliminary results from the annual EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions. And the results show an …
Bad plan, false arguments
Michael Taft 21/11/2011
Michael Taft: The Minister for Finance’s comments justifying VAT increases are deeply worrying, for they evince either considerable unfamiliarity …
Is the government hiding more austerity?
Michael Taft 16/11/2011
Michael Taft: The Government may be hiding up to €800 in austerity measures in their recent Medium-Term Fiscal Statement (MTFS). I use the term …
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