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How to create jobs
Slí Eile 13/08/2009
Slí Eile: From a Financial Times editorial (The Luck of the Irish) of 10 August on the current state of the Irish economy: ‘The next few years …
Play the game
12/08/2009
Hat-tip to Notes on the Front for this link to the Keynes Game - a simulation exercise from Dreamscape which will allow you to play around with a …
Supreme Court judgement in Carroll case
12/08/2009
The text of the Supreme Court judgement in the Carroll case is available for download here, and the Irish Times analysis is available here. Comments?
Can we provide a Progressive Consensus?
Slí Eile 11/08/2009
Slí Eile: What type of society do we have (A)? What type of society do we want? (B) How do we move from A to B? Is such a move possible and, if it …
Another take on Exchequer returns
An tSaoi 10/08/2009
An Saoi: The tax figures for July were published last Wednesday, slightly delayed by the Holiday weekend. This month, however, there were no …
Is the end of the recession nigh?
Paul Sweeney 10/08/2009
Paul Sweeney: Is the recession beginning to end? It is far too soon to say. It has been the worst recession in living memory, and Ireland is one of …
Economic war and profiteering
Michael Taft 09/08/2009
Michael Taft: There are some who contend that companies are taking advantage of the recession to cut wages, regardless of their need to do so. As a …
Reaction to Jim O'Leary
07/08/2009
Jim O'Leary's article in today's Irish Times, arguing that "given the enormous scale of the problem, it would be fanciful to suppose that it can be …
Time to cap salaries?
07/08/2009
Writing in today's Guardian, Andrew Simms - Policy Director of the New Economics Foundation - argues that the time has come to cap salaries, noting …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …