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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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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …