Posts by Dr Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O'Connor @natpolicy
Nat O’Connor is lecturer in social policy in UCD’s School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice and part-time policy specialist at Age Action Ireland. Previously Director of TASC, Nat also led the research team in Dublin’s Homeless Agency.
He has taught politics and social policy since 1999. He has a PhD in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin and a MA in Political Science and Social Policy from the University of Dundee. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), a member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and chairperson of the Irish Social Policy Association (ISPA). You can find him on LinkedIn (natoconnor) and TwitterX @natpolicy
Does anyone have the vision to lead a housing revolution?
Nat O'Connor 20/08/2015
Nat O'Connor: While there is wide agreement that Ireland needs more housing supply, action is needed to encourage the right kind of supply based on a …
How to Pay for a Living Wage?
Nat O'Connor 07/07/2015
Nat O'Connor: A single person working full-time needs to earn €11.50 per hour to afford a minimum decent standard of living. This is a rise in the …
Franklin D Roosevelt's 1935 Message to Congress on Tax Revision
Nat O'Connor 24/03/2015
Nat O'Connor: What follows are excerpts from Franklin D Roosevelt, President of the USA (1933-1945), Message to Congress on Tax Revision, 19 June …
Five Progressive Views on Greece
Nat O'Connor 20/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: Queries: The European Progressive Magazine circulated five articles about the Greek crisis, all of which are relevant to Ireland. Click …
More on Ireland's Low Taxation and Income Tax Progressivity
Nat O'Connor 20/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: The OECD provides a table of its member states showing total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP. In 2012, Ireland's total tax revenue …
Getting Beneath the Surface of Gross versus Net Income Inequality
Nat O'Connor 18/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: TASC's new report, Cherishing All Equally: Economic Inequality in Ireland, is designed to provoke deeper debate about what is and is …
Ireland's 'Progressive' Income Tax System
Nat O'Connor 16/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: Some commentators keep referring to the progressivity of Ireland's income tax system, as if it was the silver bullet that makes …
Response to Dan O'Brien's 'Bunkum' Article
Nat O'Connor 16/02/2015
Nat O'Connor: Dan O'Brien writes that "claims about great inequality in Ireland are just bunkum". Having had a look at the arguments in support of …
Inequality: a Real and Growing Threat to the Irish Economy
Nat O'Connor, Cormac Staunton 16/02/2015
Nat O'Connor and Cormac Staunton: Economics has always been about the study of who gets what, when and how. This issue has come into sharp focus due …
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