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A life of luxury on the dole
Michael Taft 15/03/2011
Michael Taft: Every now and then we get an outbreak of misinformed commentary and calculations on the income relationship between work and social …
The people have spoken - but what did they say?
Michael Burke 15/03/2011
Michael Burke: The first clear message of the 2011 election was a rejection of Fianna Fáil, receiving just 17.4% of the first preference vote – …
Munchau’s purgatory between bailout and default
Tom McDonnell 14/03/2011
Tom McDonnell: Weak measures to report from Part 1 of the big European double header last weekend: see here and here. The unfortunate unwillingness …
The impact of cost competitiveness in Ireland
Slí Eile 13/03/2011
Slí Eile: Some assertions abound in the media and among 'informed' economist commentary. These are frequently based on ideology more than fact. Take …
Reviewing the Universal Social Charge
Tom McDonnell 11/03/2011
Tom McDonnell: The new Programme for Government is, perhaps understandably, light on detail in many areas. The document is highly aspirational in …
The Survival of the Eurozone
Paul Sweeney 10/03/2011
Paul Sweeney: Economics editor, Martin Wolf, writes in the Financial Times: “I find it unforgivable that the last Irish government guaranteed bank …
How not to read taxation statistics
Michael Taft 09/03/2011
Michael Taft: Michael Hennigan over at Finfacts is worried that Irish taxation will reach high Danish levels by 2014. He shouldn’t be (though if …
ESRI on financial exclusion
08/03/2011
Click here to download the ESRI's study of Financial Exclusion and Over-indebtedness in Irish Households, published today.
Programme for Government
08/03/2011
Over at Notes on the Front, Michael Taft has started a series of posts looking at the new Programme for Government.
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …