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A disastrous approach to disaster capitalism
Colm O'Doherty 09/02/2010
Colm O'Doherty: The captivation of our Fianna Fail-led government by the Milton Friedman /Chicago School policy trinity of privatization, government …
"Soaring jobless, plunging benefits ..."
08/02/2010
"Ireland has experienced near-depression conditions over the past 18 months, and the expectation that budget cuts will lead to spontaneous recovery …
Government policies
Tom O'Connor 08/02/2010
Tom O'Connor: The exchequer figures published last week show that government tax revenues have fallen by €700 million from €3.7 billion in …
Usury
Nat O'Connor 08/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: One of the interesting minor features of the Finance Bill 2010 is that certain changes were made to Irish law to make it easier for …
Note from Admin: Comment rules
06/02/2010
progressive-economy@TASC welcomes and aims to promote lively debate. However, please note that inappropriate or discourteous comments will not be …
Any initial thoughts on the Finance Bill 2010?
Nat O'Connor 05/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: I'm still reading through the Finance Bill, but I want to put up this post to give readers a space to post any comments over the …
Uno duce, una voce
Nat O'Connor 05/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: I cannot allow two recent stories in the papers to go by without comment. Today's Irish Independent reports (in a story about Enda …
Finance Bill 2010
04/02/2010
The Finance Bill 2010 is now available for download here, and the explanatory memorandum is available here.
Finance, NTMA and FOI
Nat O'Connor 04/02/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Story (freedom of information blog) offer an insight into why the Minster for Finance transfered powers to the NTMA yesterday: "One …
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Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
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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 …