Tagged with: inequality
Reviewing Inequality: Understanding Piketty’s Latest Insights on Wealth, Power, and Justice
Paul Sweeney 30/01/2025
Thomas Piketty, was dubbed the "rock star economist" after his best-selling book "Capital in the 21st Century" was published in 2014. It was remarkable that a 700 page economic tome on inequality became a world best-seller and was so widely discussed. Piketty’s key argument in "Capital" is that capital would grow faster than income from work, …
Major Issues where Mainstream Economists Failed - Part 1
Paul Sweeney 04/07/2023
In the last blog, I examined the President of Ireland's speech critical of the lack of heterodoxy (or differences) in Irish economics. I argued that …
How can the agricultural sector engage a Just Transition?
Sean McCabe 25/02/2019
How can the agricultural sector in Ireland participate in a Just Transition to constructively address inequality in the sector and tackle climate …
Nationalism and nation
Colm O'Doherty 28/01/2019
I am a long-term admirer of Fintan O’ Toole’s writing but in his recent analysis of the factors which triggered Brexit (Not just the economy, …
A divided state
Paula Clancy 02/01/2019
Dr. Paula Clancy is founding director of the independent, progressive Think Tank TASC (Think Tank for Action on Social Change) which she helped set …
GDP and its alternatives
Robert Sweeney 04/04/2018
Perhaps no other single number or indicator receives as much attention as the total output of an economy. The standard measure for this is gross …
IMF Study of Downward Share of Labour Income is Recognition of the Major Economic Issue of our Time
Paul Sweeney 15/05/2017
A new IMF study of the downward share of labour income is some more recognition by the elite of a major economic and social issue of our time. With …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …