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'Principle of revenue neutrality' proves Government's lack of vision

Mary Murphy 11/09/2009

Mary Murphy: The average percentage of GDP spent on social protection in the EU-15 is 27.5% (Eurostat, 2007) . The Irish rate of 18.2% compares badly …

Diary date: Towards a Progressive Economics conference, October 10th

10/09/2009

TASC will be organising an economics conference on October 10th (Saturday) in DCU School of Business. Entitled Towards a Progressive Economics, the …

NAMA Bill

10/09/2009

The amended NAMA draft legislation is available for download here, and the explanatory memorandum is available here. Comments?

The economic benefits of immigration

Slí Eile 10/09/2009

Sli Eile: While not seeking to open a debate on the Lisbon Treaty in this post, I feel obliged to comment on a claim made by a certain organisation …

Innovation and the smart economy

David Jacobson 09/09/2009

David Jacobson: Innovation is universally accepted as extremely important for economic competitiveness. However, there is frequently confusion as to …

Labour on NAMA

Slí Eile 08/09/2009

Slí Eile: See the Labour Party statement on NAMA. Its position is outlined and includes this: Labour believes that the commercial retail banks …

The values underlying the Commission on Taxation

Slí Eile 08/09/2009

Slí Eile: The Commission on Taxation (CoT) Report is another winter blockbuster following the Summer Bord Snip. A pattern has been witnessed - …

Read the fine print

Michael Taft 08/09/2009

Michael Taft: There will be any number of posts and articles on different aspects of the Commission on Taxation Report. Here I’d like to address …

Will some local authorities go bankrupt in 2010?

Nat O'Connor 08/09/2009

Nat O'Connor: It has been suggested today that property tax will not be introduced any time soon: “Ministers believe that the introduction of a …

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