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The failure of 'Economics' and Collective Imagination
Slí Eile 23/08/2009
Sli Eile: Calls have been made for an inquiry into banking in Ireland. While the proposal is not without some merit I am wary of inquiries - …
Placing citizenship centre-stage: Michael D's take on the debate and what's missing
22/08/2009
Michael D. Higgins' opinion piece in today's Irish Times is well worth a read, especially in view of recent debates here on social welfare, rent …
Admin note: commenting on Blogger
22/08/2009
For Aidan and anyone else who has trouble commenting on Blogger: the simplest method is to ignore all the 'openID' etc. options in the drop-down …
Financial double-think
21/08/2009
Hat tip to Aidan C. for this link to Gillian Tett's piece on financial double-think in yesterday's Financial Times. Tett has been mentioned on PE …
A wages reality check
21/08/2009
Do Irish workers really enjoy the fourth-highest wages in the world? It seems the headline writers didn't really read the 2009 UBS Prices and …
Tax breaks for the very wealthy
Slí Eile 20/08/2009
Slí Eile: If in doubt about the capacity of some people to pay more tax check out the Department of Finance Analysis of High Income Individuals' …
Pro-cyclical economics
Slí Eile 20/08/2009
Slí Eile: Today's excellent article by Michael O'Sullivan in the Irish Times (Crash may offer chance of a 'Second Republic') raises an interesting …
Social welfare debate: What it really boils down to
Michael Taft 20/08/2009
Michael Taft: Having previously shown that the claims that we have a comparatively ‘lavish’ social welfare system’ are clearly false and not …
Current pension tax reliefs inequitable and unsustainable
Gerard Hughes 19/08/2009
Gerard Hughes: Reading Paul O’Faherty’s opinion piece in the Irish Times on 29 July one would not suspect that it is the private pension system …
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