Posts by Slí Eile
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Moral overload?
Slí Eile 30/03/2010
Slí Eile: No sooner was the ink dry on the Public Service Agreement (2010-2014) than the next news story broke on - NAMA. It just never dies down. …
Ireland still off course on deflationary path to nowhere
Slí Eile 18/03/2010
Slí Eile: The assessment by the European Commission makes for chilling reading. It states: … Despite five consolidation packages adopted since …
Radical options for EU reform
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: In a thoughtful, radical and no doubt controversial assessment of EU economic policy Irish Left Review has cited a report: Eurozone …
Options for future economic policy in the EU
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: I very much agree with Paul Sweeney, writing on this blog site recently It seems to me that we need more effective EU institutions. We …
The economics of grade inflation
Slí Eile 07/03/2010
Slí Eile: An interesting feature of the debate on 'grade inflation' (Leaving Certificate and Higher Education) in recent days is the way in which …
Triple Lock - a lifetime of debt
Slí Eile 24/02/2010
Slí Eile: Writing in today's Irish Independent, economist David McWilliams in his typically lucid way calls a spade a spade (It's time to shout stop …
We need to rethink macroeconomics
Slí Eile 18/02/2010
Slí Eile: In a paper by staff of the International Monetary Fund (Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy) authors Olivier Blanchard, Giovanni …
“…all of the adjustments are being done to impress the rating agencies and international capital markets….”
Slí Eile 15/02/2010
Slí Eile: So writes Michael Casey, former chief economist with the Central Bank and currently board member of the International Monetary Fund. He …
George Lee
Slí Eile 14/02/2010
Slí Eile: In the spirit of playing the ball and not the man...there may be more to George Lee than George Lee. Recent media reports …
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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …