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Property taxes and economic growth
Tom McDonnell 01/06/2010
Tom McDonnell: Nat O’Connor’ post on this blog on May 18th provided an excellent overview of the debate on property tax. Another important aspect …
Proinnsias Breathnach on Ireland's export competitiveness - myths and facts (III)
01/06/2010
Part III of Proinnsias' paper is now available here; click here for Parts I and II.
Mortgage arrears and the case for assistance
Tom O'Connor 31/05/2010
Tom O'Connor: The comments last week by the Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield display a callous indifference to the plight of 77,000 people …
Get thee to a calculator
Michael Taft 30/05/2010
Michael Taft: ‘One and one is what I’m telling you / get a pocket computer’ So sang Blondie. Deborah Harry might have been singing to whoever …
The Honohan and Regling reports
Jim Stewart 27/05/2010
Jim Stewart: There is considerable media coverage and speculation about the contents of the forthcoming Honohan Report on the role of the Central …
Dare we take note?
Michael Taft 26/05/2010
Michael Taft: Lawrence Summers, Director of President Obama’s National Economic Council, is articulating sound economic common sense(thanks to …
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 …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O’Connor is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD, a fellow of the UCD …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …