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Registration now open for 2010 FEPS/TASC Autumn Conference
29/09/2010
Registration is now open for the 2010 FEPS/TASC Autumn Conference, which will take place in the Croke Park Conference Centre on Saturday, October …
Shifting debates ...
29/09/2010
Last month, in the UK, Labour leadership contender Ed Balls gave a seminal speech at Bloomberg arguing against cuts and for investment. Until Balls' …
Multipliers
Michael Burke 27/09/2010
Michael Burke: One of the key ways in which fiscal stimulus package have worked in the Euro Area- and the reason why the Irish government's policy …
Reading the fine print in export figures
Michael Taft 26/09/2010
Michael Taft: There was some cheer when the goods export figures were released on Friday. The Irish Times’ was positively bullish: ‘Strong growth …
The view from Frankfurt
24/09/2010
"A shrinking economy prompts renewed misgivings". That's the headline over an article in the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which goes …
Q2 GDP - The Irish Depression
Michael Burke 23/09/2010
Michael Burke: The Q2 GDP data published today do little to alleviate the gloom surrounding economic prospects. Both measure of output contracted in …
Irish Inequality during the 20th century
Rory O'Farrell 23/09/2010
Rory O'Farrell: There has been some discussion on this site about top income shares in the US. Thanks to a book, Top Incomes over the 20th Century, …
Invest, tax and restore spending cuts: Challenging the deflationary orthodoxy
Michael Taft 23/09/2010
Michael Taft: Previous posts by Paul Sweeney and Sinéad Pentony refer to articles from two newspapers which occupy different ideological zones. Yet …
... and more from abroad
Paul Sweeney 22/09/2010
Paul Sweeney:The penny is dropping with a crash on the failure of the Government’s deflationary policies – everywhere but in Ireland. Today’s …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …