Posts by Paul Sweeney
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a President of the Statistical and Social Enquiry Society of Ireland, former member of the Economic Committee of the ETUC, a member of the National Competitiveness Council of Ireland, the National Statistics Board, the ESB, TUAC, (advisor to OECD) and several other bodies. He has written three books on the Irish economy and two on public enterprise, including The Celtic Tiger; Ireland’s Economic Miracle Explained and Selling Out: Privatisation in Ireland, chapters in other books and many articles on economics.
Response to Mr Howlin
Paul Sweeney 12/04/2012
Paul Sweeney: Mr Howlin’s considered response to the letter from the group of economists, of which I was one, is very welcome. His response is …
Europe from the periphery
Paul Sweeney 21/03/2012
Paul Sweeney: These days, Europe appears to be a cold place viewed from the periphery in Ireland. We are being bailed out and supported in many ways …
(V) Curbing growing income inequality
Paul Sweeney 27/01/2012
Paul Sweeney: No public servant is worth more than £1,000 a year. So said De Valera in 1931 (He paid himself more - £1,500 in March 1932 - but this …
(IV) The rise of the new aristocracy
Paul Sweeney 26/01/2012
Paul Sweeney: Mitt Romney’s pay of $42.5m – all unearned – in two years on which he paid an effective income tax rate of only 14.65 per cent …
(III) The squeezed middle
Paul Sweeney 25/01/2012
Paul Sweeney: There has been much discussion on what is called the Squeezed Middle. This refers to those middle class families who are seeing …
(II) The first generation to face lower living standards
Paul Sweeney 24/01/2012
Paul Sweeney: Ireland’s younger generations may be the first since the Post War period not to have higher incomes than those of their parents. The …
(I) What has happened to incomes since the crash?
Paul Sweeney 23/01/2012
Paul Sweeney: This is the first of five posts examining trends in living standards in the past, present and the likely future. As we explore the …
A Hayek-Keynes rap video
Paul Sweeney 09/12/2011
Paul Sweeney: Many have heard of the key debate in 20th Century Economics which was between the ideas of Keynes and Hayek. Progressives support the …
Ireland, Iceland and banks
Paul Sweeney 08/11/2011
Paul Sweeney: A most interesting and unexpected link here. Of all places, the IMF website has a short piece on Iceland. The key difference between …
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