Posts by Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney @paulsweeneyman
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.
ESRI commentary
Paul Sweeney 14/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: In his latest book, “Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy,” Joseph Stiglitz slams the Irish …
Slash and Burn
Paul Sweeney 13/03/2010
Paul Sweeney: Michael Burke is correct in saying that competitive devaluation does not work. It does not matter what so many economists think, or …
EU 2020 Strategy
Paul Sweeney 01/03/2010
Paul Sweeney: The European Commission’s Europe 2020 Strategy is an important long term plan. It replaces the Lisbon Agenda, another long term plan. …
OECD on Ireland's economic outlook
Paul Sweeney 28/02/2010
Paul Sweeney: The OECD is the conservative think tank of the world’s 31 richest states. The latest state to join is Chile, and Ireland has been a …
Spring Alliance ...
Paul Sweeney 10/02/2010
Paul Sweeney: In 2009, the Spring Alliance was established with the four key civil society groups within the European Union: the European …
Lobbying and de-regulation: an IMF view
Paul Sweeney 12/01/2010
Paul Sweeney: The IMF – not known as a progressive organisation – recently published a research paper which showed that those US financial …
Lessons from Detroit's decline
Paul Sweeney 05/01/2010
Paul Sweeney: Progress is not linear. If NAMA goes wrong and if the Deflationary School of Economics (most mainstream economists) wins on policy, …
Spinning our way out of recession
Paul Sweeney 17/12/2009
Paul Sweeney: A small increase of 0.3% in GDP in Q3 of 2009 means that Ireland is no longer in recession according to some economists, and this was …
Budget 2010: public sector pay cuts in context
Paul Sweeney 14/12/2009
Paul Sweeney: As reported by the Financial Times, the Greek Prime Minster admitted on Friday December 11th that the Greek public sector has systemic …
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