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Pro-business bias reflects Commission's flawed terms of reference
Paul Sweeney 07/09/2009
Paul Sweeney: This report has some excellent analyses and many useful recommendations which will be of use to a progressive government in the future. …
Carbon taxes - not 'just another tax' according to Commission
07/09/2009
John Barry: This post is a very quick ‘cut and paste’ pulling together some of the main carbon and environmental related aspects of today’s …
How can we afford such a low tax take?
Slí Eile 07/09/2009
Slí Eile: Like the Curates Egg, the Commission on Taxation Report has many excellent parts. The starting point of any analysis of this 500 pages …
Commission on Taxation report
07/09/2009
The full text of the Report is available for download here.
Social Justice Ireland launched
Slí Eile 06/09/2009
Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland has been launched. See its new website.
Past lessons, future policy
Michael Taft 06/09/2009
Michael Taft: With the news that the increase in unemployment is slowing down (though the range of missing numbers suggest that emigration may be …
Change in Japan
04/09/2009
For the first time since the end of WWII, one of the world's largest economies is now an effective two-party system after voters decisively rejected …
Jacobson on innovation
04/09/2009
"Building Ireland’s Smart Economy calls for Ireland to become an innovation hub for Europe, attracting RD-intensive multinationals and innovative …
OECD forecast
Paul Sweeney 03/09/2009
Paul Sweeney: The OECD has just released an economic forecast which, in the light of the economic news over the past two years is quite positive. As …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …