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Post-pandemic Recovery and the Green Transition
09/08/2021
First published in Social Europe by László Andor, Secretary General of The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) The Covid-19 recession in 2020 resulted in a drop in gross domestic product, a rise in public deficits and consequently a public debt hike. Today fear of excessive debt and rising inflation is …
Non-mortgage debt and financial wellbeing of Irish households
Amie Lajoie 13/04/2020
Ireland has the fifth highest rate of personal indebtedness in Europe, and living with debt is a daily reality for over half of all Irish …
Debt, Growth and Coding Errors
Tom McDonnell 17/04/2013
Tom McDonnell: Reinhart and Rogoff's finding that the growth rate starts to decline once the public debt to GDP ratio exceeds 90% has become embraced …
Jobs and credit crises call for clear policy response
17/10/2012
Michael O'Sullivan (author of Ireland and the Global Question) has written a lucid article on what's required for job creation in today's Irish …
Guest post by Martin O'Dea: A simple suggestion
Martin O'Dea 14/06/2012
Martin O'Dea: Forgetting banking debt and its link to sovereign debt and resolutions required around this issue and just dealing with excessive …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan (II): Debt realities
Arthur Doohan 22/05/2012
Arthur Doohan: In five years we have gone from being the "pinup stars" for EU growth to being the "posterchildren" for austerity and, like a nodding …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: It's the economy, stupid
Arthur Doohan 17/05/2012
Arthur Doohan: "...most of the people ...were unhappy… Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned …
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