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John Baker on The Spirit Level
09/11/2009
John Baker of UCD's School of Social Justice has just posted an illuminating review of Wilkinson & Pickett's recent book, The Spirit Level: Why …
Scaring us into greater inequality
James Wickham 09/11/2009
James Wickham: In a recent article in the Irish Times (4 November) Philip Lane warned that higher levels of income taxation could restrict Ireland's …
Hutton on Brown and Tobin Tax
08/11/2009
There's an interesting piece by Will Hutton, writing in today's Observer, on Gordon Brown's championing of a transaction tax, or 'Tobin Tax', at the …
Are we going too far?
08/11/2009
Last week, on PE, guest blogger Michael Burke, in a post entitled Why is the Rest of the World out of Step with Ireland?, made the case for a …
The Moral Basis for Taxation
Nat O'Connor 06/11/2009
Nat O'Connor: Do progressive economists have a shared belief in the moral basis for taxation? Let me start by referencing Daniel J. Mitchell's 2006 …
Guest post by Niall Douglas: Tax Sin, Never Good
06/11/2009
Following TASC's Autumn Conference in October, we have been carrying an occasional series of guest posts from some of the attendees. This is the …
BBC podcast: The Economist's New Clothes
Nat O'Connor 06/11/2009
Nat O'Connor: I found this BBC Analysis podcast to be a good overview of the crisis in the economics profession. I particularly liked the discussion …
Wanted: an Economic Policy Analyst
06/11/2009
TASC is recruiting an Economic Policy Analyst. The successful candidate will be responsible for researching, analysing and advising on public policy …
Social Justice Ireland Alternative Budget
Slí Eile 05/11/2009
Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland is to be commended for taking on the Dublin Consensus by working on an alternative budget. SJI has gone through the …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …