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...but what kind of capitalism do we want?....
Slí Eile 01/02/2010
Slí Eile: Speaking, last week, at the World Economic Forum (WEF at Davos), French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in big picture mode discussing the …
Banking Inquiry - could the UK Iraq Inquiry act as a model?
Gan Ainm 01/02/2010
gan ainm: Pat Rabbitte’s post on the Banking Inquiry is most welcome. There are many angles which need to be covered, and obfuscation by some …
Banking Inquiry: Guest post by Arthur Morgan TD
Arthur Morgan 01/02/2010
Arthur Morgan: Sinn Féin believes that such is the scale of the banking crisis that nothing short of full public scrutiny is acceptable. The …
Guest post by Michelle O'Sullivan: Minimum wage regulation
Michelle O'Sullivan 01/02/2010
Michelle O'Sullivan: Last week the Tánaiste, Mary Coughlan, announced that legislation will be introduced allowing employers to claim an inability …
Memo to IBEC
Michael Taft 30/01/2010
Michael Taft: Yesterday evening I was on Matt Cooper’s The Last Word with a representative from IBEC discussing wage levels. I quoted the numbers …
No return to business as usual ...
30/01/2010
"Unless there is radical reform of governance worldwide, the recovery, when it comes, is likely to be followed by yet another recession". You can …
There are smarter ways to economic recovery
Stephen Kinsella 29/01/2010
Stephen Kinsella: The smart economy is a nice idea, perhaps even a good idea. But like most nice ideas, when exposed to reality, the smart economy …
More on vacant houses ....
29/01/2010
Last week, Nat O'Connor posted on vacant houses and the research carried out by the ntional Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis. click here …
Running to Stand Still: Next Generation Broadband in Ireland
Donal Palcic 29/01/2010
Donal Palcic: Forfás published its latest report on Ireland’s broadband performance last week and as usual it evoked a strong sense of déjà vu. …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O’Connor is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD, a fellow of the UCD …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …