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Four-Year Plan: Tax Expenditure

Nat O'Connor 26/11/2010

Nat O'Connor: I'm going to call the National Recovery Plan "the four-year plan" because I believe we should encourage the next government to publish …

Upcoming events ...

25/11/2010

PE readers may be interested in a few upcoming events. On the morning of Saturday, November 27th, the Labour Party will be holding its Pre-Budget …

The €400 mn solution - a plan to recover bondholders' money

Michael Burke 24/11/2010

Michael Burke: There are some very large numbers bandied around in the misnamed ‘National Recovery Plan’ (NRP). €6bn of fiscal tightening this …

National Recovery Plan

24/11/2010

The Plan can be downloaded here. TASC's initial response is available here.

Equity Option Incentive Plan

24/11/2010

Ger O’Toole, a property business professional, has come up with an Equity Option Incentive Plan as one solution to the mortgage debt problems that …

Could someone please send the IMF the Spraoi Christmas Annual?

Rory O'Farrell 24/11/2010

Rory O'Farrell: During my childhood in 1980s Ireland, one of the highlights of the school year was the arrival of the Spraoi Christmas Annual. Among …

With friends like these ..... Michael Burke on the view from the UK

24/11/2010

PE's Michael Burke has an article on the Socialist Economic Bulleting putting the Irish situation into context for British readers: Like Greece …

Krugman on the bailout - and why the markets aren't impressed

23/11/2010

"The basic situation is that given the cost of rescuing Ireland’s banks, and the damage harsh austerity is inflicting on Ireland’s economy, …

FT on bailout and banking

23/11/2010

"Ireland’s uninvited helpers seem set on perpetuating Dublin’s dysfunctional policy of throwing good money after bad and filling holes into which …

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