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Culture and equality

Slí Eile 09/06/2009

Slí Eile: An article in the current edition of the Economist reports research on the relationship between inherent cultural norms and attitudes …

TASC Annual Lecture discussion

Slí Eile 08/06/2009

Slí Eile: The Annual TASC Lecture given by James Galbraith and Maria Rodigrues attracted limited media attention (see Irish Times coverage). You can …

Mythbusters 101: Wages in the Irish public sector

Slí Eile 05/06/2009

Sli Eile: Are incomes, on average, higher in the public sector than in the private sector? Note the reference to ‘incomes’ and not ‘wages’ in …

Dissent in the ranks

Slí Eile 29/05/2009

Slí Eile: Over on irisheconomy.ie (our neighbouring island!) you can read an interesting debate about accountability sparked by a chance remark …

Surely we can do better than this?

Slí Eile 28/05/2009

Sli Eile: Writing in the Irish Times, Michael Casey a former chief economist with the Central Bank argues that a ‘Change of Government will not …

Keep cutting and hoping?

Slí Eile 20/05/2009

Slí Eile: If anything the atmosphere at today's 2nd 'Economic Crisis' conference in Dublin was gloomier than the first one last January. It was a …

Will a Domestic Stimulus work in a Small Open Economy like Ireland?

Slí Eile 19/05/2009

Sli Eile: Taoiseach Brian Cowen commented over the last weekend that the main opposition parties wants the Government to cut more while the other …

'There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess'

Slí Eile 14/05/2009

Slí Eile: “There was no supervision, no regulation and wild excess. Ireland saw the biggest building boom since the pyramids and this is going to …

Do it, Explain it, Avoid it

Slí Eile 13/05/2009

Sli Eile: “Do it, Explain it and Avoid it” is the advice of Jens Henriksson. He also says that ‘A few powerpoint slides, a report and a good …

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