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Four Truths about the Irish situation (and one possible solution)

Nat O'Connor 17/12/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Government's four-year recovery plan doesn't address the issue of the banks. Without addressing this issue, the credibility of the …

Guest post by Martin O'Dea: Concrete progress

16/12/2010

Martin O'Dea lectures in Management and Human Resource Management at the Dublin Business School There is an understanding of the errors in our …

Slashing the Minimum Wage: Olli made us do it (or: never let facts get in the way)

Tom McDonnell 14/12/2010

Tom McDonnell: Over the weekend, a Government TD insisted on RTE's Week in Politics programme that we should ask Olli Rehn why the minimum wage was …

Only growth can reduce the debt

Michael Burke 13/12/2010

Michael Burke: Over on Irish Ecoomy, Karl Whelan has initiated a useful discussion highlighting some of the differences between EU Commission and …

Beware economists bearing models

13/12/2010

The following is abridged from a post that appears on Notes on the Front. See also Nat O'Connor's post here. Michael Taft: So the 2011 budget is …

Guest post by Gerard Doyle and Tanya Lalor: Getting more bang for your buck

13/12/2010

In this guest post, Gerard Doyle and Tanya Lalor of TSA Consultancy make the case for social enterprise to be part of any future stimulus programme. …

Progressive Austerity?

Nat O'Connor 10/12/2010

Nat O'Connor: There has been a flurry of calculations about the effect of Budget 2011. One technical, but important, point is that our income tax …

TASC analysis of Budget 2011

09/12/2010

TASC has issued its analysis of Budget 2011; you can download a PDF of the document here. Comments?

A Merry Christmas for plutocrats

Tom McDonnell 08/12/2010

Tom McDonnell: TASC will be releasing a full budget response tomorrow. In the meantime feast your eyes on some good news for all of you single, …

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