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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 …
Evidence of public desire for alternative economics
Nat O'Connor 03/09/2009
Nat O'Connor: Today's Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll can be interpreted as showing public desire for progressive alternatives to the political and …
McWilliams on NAMA
Slí Eile 02/09/2009
Slí Eile: David McWilliams has been relatively quiet in recent months (another book on the way!). His latest thoughts on NAMA in today's Irish …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …