Blog Archive

The economics of grade inflation

Slí Eile 07/03/2010

Slí Eile: An interesting feature of the debate on 'grade inflation' (Leaving Certificate and Higher Education) in recent days is the way in which …

Cáin feabhra

An tSaoi 04/03/2010

An Saoi: The underlying tax figures for February are dire. Just look at the income tax figures. February is the month when employers send in their …

Public sector labour costs

02/03/2010

Over the past year and a half, a number of commentators have claimed that wages in the Irish public sector are high by international comparison. How …

EU 2020 Strategy

Paul Sweeney 01/03/2010

Paul Sweeney: The European Commission’s Europe 2020 Strategy is an important long term plan. It replaces the Lisbon Agenda, another long term plan. …

Investment arguments gaining ground

28/02/2010

The imperative to increase investment as the mechanism for an economic recovey - and to close the public deficit - is begining to gain ground among …

OECD on Ireland's economic outlook

Paul Sweeney 28/02/2010

Paul Sweeney: The OECD is the conservative think tank of the world’s 31 richest states. The latest state to join is Chile, and Ireland has been a …

Ireland's private debt - is it time to default?

An tSaoi 26/02/2010

An Saoi: The Central Bank estimates that Irish private debt is €372,000M. The funding of this massive amount is rapidly going to become the key …

Retail workers - near the bottom of the HEAP

25/02/2010

Last year, TASC and ICTU published the HEAP Report on income inequality in Ireland. Now, Mandate has published a report - Milking the Recession - …

Triple Lock - a lifetime of debt

Slí Eile 24/02/2010

Slí Eile: Writing in today's Irish Independent, economist David McWilliams in his typically lucid way calls a spade a spade (It's time to shout stop …

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