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Interrogating the Irish model

Peadar Kirby 28/01/2010

Peadar Kirby: This week saw a rare mention of political economy models entering the debate on the future of Irish society. Carl O’Brien’s series …

Oh, those landlords and bankers

Michael Taft 27/01/2010

Michael Taft: Following on from the excellent points made by Proinsias Breathnach and Slí Eile regarding the role of labour costs in economic …

Banking inquiry: Guest post by Pat Rabbitte TD

26/01/2010

Over the next week, progressive-economy@TASC will be carrying a series of guest posts by party spokespersons on the banking inquiry. The first post …

Will the recession increase trade union density?

Rory O'Farrell 26/01/2010

Rory O'Farrell: On Monday, 25th January, the Irish Times published an article detailing how in 2007 Irish trade union density has continued its …

‘Ireland now needs to generate an internal devaluation, with prices and wages falling’

Slí Eile 25/01/2010

Slí Eile: So runs the recent ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary (page 50). A lot of the debate on competition and competitiveness is narrowly …

More Light Touch Regulation? Dublin's Waste Collection Market

Eoin Reeves 25/01/2010

Eoin Reeves: In late December 2009 the Irish Times reported that High Court judge (Mr Justice Liam McKechnie) ruled that Dublin’s four local …

Boilscíu

An tSaoi 24/01/2010

An Saoi: The recently published inflation figures set me thinking as to how they are calculated here and in various other countries. Thankfully each …

VAT and local authorities

An tSaoi 23/01/2010

An Saoi: We were directed by Europe some time ago that VAT must be charged by Local Authorities on certain services such as parking, waste disposal …

Counting Vacant Houses (And Their Cost)

Nat O'Connor 22/01/2010

Nat O'Connor: A lack of reliable information about the housing market contributed to the housing bubble and subsequent crash. The National Institute …

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