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The Dublin Consensus
Slí Eile 01/07/2009
Sli Eile: We recall the term ‘Washington Consensus’ as it was first coined in the 1980s. Dani Rodrik summed it up as: Stablize, Privatise, …
In case you missed it ....
01/07/2009
Writing in this morning's Irish Times, Sarah Carey refers to a recent post by Sli Eile ... here's a link to the post if you missed it first time …
Class and Employment Decline
Sean Ó Riain 30/06/2009
Sean O Riain: It is worth taking a closer look at the Quarterly National Household Survey results from last week. The difference between the public …
The Pro-Nuclear bias of the Irish Academy of Engineers review of Irish Energy Policy
29/06/2009
John Barry: The Irish Academy of Engineers Review of Ireland's Energy in the Context of a Changing Economy has been discussed over on …
More Cutting Times (Rent Supplement)
Nat O'Connor 29/06/2009
Nat O'Connor: Today’s Irish Times suggests that rent supplement (along with child benefit) is being targeted for cuts by the Special Group on …
Cutting times?
28/06/2009
Today's Sunday Tribune leads with leaked reports of the cuts likely to be proposed by 'An Bord Snip Nua'. Click here to read the story, and here to …
Krugman on macroeconomics and the 'Great Ignorance'
27/06/2009
"Doing what I think of as real macroeconomics — the tradition that runs through Keynes and Hicks — actually involves thinking about …
"The only show in town?"
Slí Eile 25/06/2009
Slí Eile: In recent days, there has been a rush of reports (including EMU Public Finances 2009, IMF Report on Irish Economy, OECD Economic Outlook …
The burdens of a low tax society
Slí Eile 24/06/2009
Sli Eile: Received wisdom in political economy establishment thinking here in Ireland is that taxes are a ‘burden’ (in other words not nice and …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …