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Towards a Progressive Economics - last few places at TASC Autumn Conference

07/10/2009

There are now only a few places remaining for TASC's Autumn Conference, Towards a Progressive Economics, on Saturday, October 10th, in DCU. If you …

Why (Irish) economists' eyes are smiling

James Wickham 07/10/2009

James Wickham: There’s a curious paradox about economists in Ireland today. In the middle of the financial crisis, the public standing of …

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 …

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