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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 …

How are we going to pay for a Learning Society?

Slí Eile 24/10/2009

Slí Eile: It is necessary to point out that no society anywhere in the world provides ‘free education’. Paying for teachers, other staff, …

Publishing tax returns, Norwegian style

An tSaoi 24/10/2009

An Saoi: Thanks to this article on the BBC’s website, I have wasted hours of my own and my employer’s time looking at the tax returns of the rich …

NAMA made simple

Slí Eile 23/10/2009

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Revitalising economics after the crash: online petition

23/10/2009

"The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth". These …

The battle at Boots

Michael Taft 23/10/2009

Michael Taft: Sometimes, something happens that takes your breath away. The chain store Boots is engaged in a deplorable assault on their …

Prudence in the Face of the Unknown is Key

Stephen Kinsella 23/10/2009

Stephen Kinsella: It is almost never correct to sacrifice a present benefit for a doubtful advantage in the future. Ireland's political classes …

Shock News: The entire €4bn fiscal adjustment goes to just one Zombie Bank

Slí Eile 21/10/2009

Slí Eile: The next time you hear a politician or economist saying that our current public borrowing deficit ‘has nothing to do with NAMA’ show …

Will there be a NAMA for personal debt?

Stephen Kinsella 21/10/2009

Stephen Kinsella: No. The National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, is designed to remove the ‘impaired loans’ generated by excessive lending to …

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