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ICTU clarifies on employment support

Slí Eile 02/07/2009

Slí Eile: Following Sarah Carey's article yesterday on jobs subsidies, David Begg has provided a very important clarification in today's Irish Times …

The Dublin Consensus

Slí Eile 01/07/2009

Sli Eile: We recall the term ‘Washington Consensus’ as it was first coined in the 1980s. Dani Rodrik summed it up as: Stablize, Privatise, …

"The only show in town?"

Slí Eile 25/06/2009

Slí Eile: In recent days, there has been a rush of reports (including EMU Public Finances 2009, IMF Report on Irish Economy, OECD Economic Outlook …

The burdens of a low tax society

Slí Eile 24/06/2009

Sli Eile: Received wisdom in political economy establishment thinking here in Ireland is that taxes are a ‘burden’ (in other words not nice and …

What did you do during the Great Recession, Grandad?

Slí Eile 18/06/2009

Slí Eile: Some time in the future this question will be asked and, perhaps, the answer will be (at least in an Irish context): A small number of us …

How much can Ireland inc afford to pay those on welfare?

Slí Eile 17/06/2009

Slí Eile: Irish Times journalist, Sarah Carey, writing on 17 June ('State's own welfare must determine level of payments') has taken up the welfare …

Get ready for the next big thing

Slí Eile 16/06/2009

Sli Eile: This is the conclusion of a writer in the current edition of that internationally respectable journal, Foreign Policy, under ‘Why bad …

Climbing out of the Abyss

Slí Eile 11/06/2009

Slí Eile: Have ‘non-economists’ anything to contribute on how we climb out of this abyss? In a series entitled ‘Re-imagining the Future’ the …

Bloated public sector wages?: Mythbusters 101 sequel

Slí Eile 11/06/2009

Sli Eile: In a previous post, Mythbusters 101: Wages in the Irish Public Sector, I examined the available evidence in regard to public sector wages …

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