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NAMA, the Commission on Taxation and rent reviews: the rogue's guide to Irish finance

An tSaoi 28/09/2009

An Saoi: I have refrained from making any comment on the Commission on Taxation Report to date, mainly because of its lack of any new content and …

Hunting for woolly mammoths

Michael Taft 27/09/2009

Michael Taft: In a previous post, where I disputed the economic benefits of cutting wages, Professor Alan Mathews and Pavement Trauma questioned …

Those CSO migration figures: A health warning

An tSaoi 26/09/2009

An Saoi: Our friends in the CSO have given us at long last their estimates of migration in the year to April last. The figures reflect the return of …

Brendan Hayes on why he didn't sign the Taxation Commission report

25/09/2009

"Low taxes, inequality in the provision of health and education, a growing income gap and sub-optimum economic growth: these are not separate, …

Economics of Lisbon

Slí Eile 24/09/2009

Slí Eile: Different points of view in relation to the economic impact of the accepting or rejecting the Lisbon Treaty are raised in the Economists …

The value of public service

Slí Eile 24/09/2009

Slí Eile: In the midst of the shrill debates on public sector workers, their pay, their pensions, their tenure and a host of other matters such as …

Steinbrueck on the Tobin Tax

24/09/2009

Earlier this month, Paul Sweeney reported on German calls for a Tobin Tax; today, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck makes the case in a piece …

Emigration is back - maybe?

Slí Eile 22/09/2009

Slí Eile: Before anyone gets carried away with claims that newcomers are heading home and families are abandoning their homes and schools …latest …

The Fetishists of Farmleigh

Colm O'Doherty 22/09/2009

Colm O'Doherty: The conceit at the heart of the Global Economic Forum at Farmleigh was that it lacked the will and resolve to make any alternative to …

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