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Deflation and gouging
Michael Burke 09/07/2010
Michael Burke: The deflationary trends gripping the economy are a very serious threat to any recovery and a magnification of the crisis in government …
GDP Growth and Government Policy
Nat O'Connor 08/07/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Minister for Finance is celebrating GDP growth of 2.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 as evidence of the success of …
The 'Prodigal Son' Dilemma in Irish Mortgage Debt
Nat O'Connor 07/07/2010
Nat O'Connor: Mortgage payments are on a lot of people's minds these days, and there has been a fair deal of coverage in the media about negative …
Fine Gael health proposals
Tom O'Connor 07/07/2010
Tom O'Connor: The Fine Gael political party has recently launched a comprehensive set of proposals aimed at creating a fair health system in Ireland …
What's €4 billion here or there?
Michael Taft 06/07/2010
Michael Taft: In all the discussion over the CSO’s recent National Accounts release for the first quarter this year – the one that shows that the …
Understanding the nature of economic crisis
Slí Eile 03/07/2010
Slí Eile: David Harvey provides a wider canvas in considering the various explanations for the nature of the economic crisis facing most countries. …
The knowledge crisis
Peadar Kirby 02/07/2010
Peadar Kirby: A debate spluttered into life over the last week or so that added yet another crisis to the growing list of crises we are living …
Some Movement on Public Transport in Dublin
Nat O'Connor 01/07/2010
Nat O'Connor: Investment in infrastructure not only provides a useful stimulus to the economy, but it can also provide tangible assets that help …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …