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The National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: the value of loans
Jim Stewart 06/10/2009
Jim Stewart: One of the contentious issues in the NAMA proposal is the value of the loans being purchased. Loans with an estimated market value of …
There are worse things than 'negative equity'
Nat O'Connor 06/10/2009
Nat O'Connor: There continue to be stories about falling housing prices (for example). We need to get some sense of what are reasonable housing costs …
What's NAMA got to do with it?
Slí Eile 06/10/2009
Slí Eile: Two questions: 1 Has the Bord Snip process anything to do with the banking/NAMA debacle? Colm McCarthy emphatically says no but he misses …
Investing in drug services may save the state more in the long-term
Nat O'Connor 05/10/2009
Nat O'Connor: Merchants Quay Ireland have highlighted a growing trend of heroin use across Ireland. If this is true, it is something to be taken …
Deconstructing public sector pay cuts
Michael Taft, An tSaoi 05/10/2009
An Saoi and Michael Taft: There is a fundamental misconception about the fiscal impact of public expenditure cuts. It is assumed that a reduction in …
Exchequer returns: fairy godmothers desert Lenihan
An tSaoi 03/10/2009
An Saoi: September has come and gone, and the trees outside my window will shortly be as bare as the State’s coffers. Grey clouds mass from the …
Middle ground of Keynesianism
02/10/2009
In today's Irish Times, Paul Sweeney wonders whether "a return to middle ground of Keynesian economics" might be the answer be the answer to our …
Green New Deal - The Neo-Classical Empire strikes back
02/10/2009
John Barry: Over at Irish Economy, Richard Tol has attacked the Comhar Green New Deal report. What I particularly enjoyed about it and found …
Public Sector Pay: CSO add their part to the analysis
Slí Eile 01/10/2009
Slí Eile: The controversy around public-private sector pay differences continues following today's release by the Central Statistics Office of a …
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