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Ignorance is not strength

Michael Taft 01/11/2009

Michael Taft: I would say this debate is turning for the worse, but that would be incorrect. You need to have two sides in a debate. All we get is an …

Recovery is not reform

01/11/2009

Recovery is not reform. The government’s intended path to recovery is a mixture of borrowing, pay cuts, and spending cuts. All recovery plans treat …

Wealthy Germans Call for Wealth Tax

Nat O'Connor 30/10/2009

Nat O'Connor: The BBC reports that "A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher …

Its OK to borrow off-sheet when it comes to NAMA

Slí Eile 29/10/2009

Slí eile: When it comes to sorting out banking and keeping risk to under 5% for bondholders, there is nothing to beat a bit of creative accounting …

Controversies over speed of fiscal adjustment

Slí Eile 28/10/2009

Slí Eile: A recent paper by John Fitzgerald of the ESRI (‘Fiscal Policy for Recovery’) indicates the scale of challenge facing public finances …

The many-legged Irish Recession

28/10/2009

"The Irish economy certainly is in a recession and, by the rule-of-thumb definition, we’re in a depression. The economy will fall by more than 10% …

Cash for Crap Houses: Ireland & NAMA

Stephen Kinsella 28/10/2009

Stephen Kinsella: Ronan Lyons has the story on the idea that NAMA should become a hands-on property management company. Long story short, it is a …

Lost in the forest

Michael Taft 26/10/2009

Michael Taft: Some people can’t see the forest for the trees. And some people can’t see either the forest or the trees. They just can’t see. …

An alternative approach

26/10/2009

"There are now 428,000 people on the live register. The corrosive effect of this – the risk of long-term unemployment and the pressure on the …

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