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Tax outturn: you read it first here
An tSaoi 19/10/2009
An Saoi: The Sunday Business Post’s front page tells us that the Government are expecting tax to be nearly €3,000M short in the current year. …
IMF tanks in the square
Michael Taft 18/10/2009
Michael Taft: In the end-of-year round-ups, a number of Ministers will win prizes for the most absurd comments on the economy. Minister Mary …
Kenmare Dublin Economics Workshop
Slí Eile 17/10/2009
Slí Eile: The chorus is in full swing. The Dublin Economic Consensus workshop in Kenmare. Cuts, Deflation, Now, No Alternative. Even Garrett the …
Benchmarking pay of migrants and women
Slí Eile 17/10/2009
Slí Eile: There is a rising crescendo of continuing controversy about public sector pay. On the one side independent statistical and research …
Child Benefit and teddy bears' picnics
16/10/2009
"As we are all frog-marched down to the Finance Minister’s picnic, let’s see what effect cutting Child Benefit will have. For all the indications …
Towards a Progressive Economics: papers and podcasts
16/10/2009
We are slowly uploading the papers presented to the TASC Autumn Conference, Towards a Progressive Economics, starting with Paula Clancy's opening …
NAMA: trick or treat?
Slí Eile 15/10/2009
Slí Eile: I see that over on irisheconomy.ie Karl Whelan is doing overtime churning out one blog after another on the NAMA business plan. His latest …
Terry McDonough: Towards a progressive economics
15/10/2009
Following the TASC Autumn Conference on Saturday, Terry McDonough talked to Donagh Brennan of Irish Left Review to give his take on 'progressive …
The crisis as seen from London
Slí Eile 14/10/2009
Slí Eile: Ken Livingstone has an interesting blog (thanks to Alan Mathews for alerting to this recently in irisheconomy). Following a lengthy, …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …