Blog Archive

Did free fees reduce inequality?

24/05/2010

Kevin Denny at the Geary Institute has just posted a very important working paper that highlights the failure of the abolition of university fees to …

Unaffordable commentary

Michael Taft 23/05/2010

Michael Taft: We will never find the answers to our severe economic problems until we ground our debate in facts. Take the issue of wages and labour …

Pain, but no gain

Michael Burke 19/05/2010

Michael Burke: In a recent piece in The Guardian, Dean Baker argues that politicians are ignoring Keynes "at their peril". Arguing that it would be …

Proinnsias Breathnach on export competitiveness - myths and facts

19/05/2010

Over at Ireland after Nama, Proinnsias Breathnach is taking an in-depth look at the myths and facts surrounding the issue. Part I of his three-part …

Property Tax

Nat O'Connor 18/05/2010

Nat O'Connor: The Taoiseach has been talking about the introduction of property tax (Irish Independent, Irish Times). A part of this is tax on …

Money for some, just not us

Michael Taft 17/05/2010

Michael Taft: ‘Folks, the money ain’t there. There is no untaxed honey-pot of rich people to be taxed. Put top rate taxes up to where they were …

Toxic Town? Financial Times on Ireland

Paul Sweeney 16/05/2010

Paul Sweeney: This weekend’s Financial Times magazine has a six page feature on Ireland called “Toxic Town”. It is worth a read on how we have …

Hutton in Dublin

14/05/2010

UK author and policy analyst Will Hutton was in Dublin on Wednesday for a lecture and debate hosted by the Irish Congress of Trade unions; speakers …

Do cuts work?

Michael Burke 14/05/2010

Michael Burke: The Irish economy is in a Depression. Real GDP has fallen by 9.9% from its peak and real GNP by 13.8%. Even these terrifying data are …

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