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OECD Policy Responses to Unemployment

Sinéad Pentony 29/04/2011

Sinead Pentony: The OECD has pre-released a chapter from its forthcoming Economic Outlook 2011 Report on the Persistence of High Unemployment: What Risks? What Policies? The report finds that at the end of 2010, “the average OECD unemployment rate was still close to historical peak reached during the crisis”. In countries (such as Ireland and …



Reduced costs are not the route to export competitiveness

Proinnsias Breathnach 11/01/2010

Proinnsias Breathnach: I sent the following to the Irish Times in early December but it wasn't published: The ability to penetrate export markets is …

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