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How much can Ireland inc afford to pay those on welfare?
Slí Eile 17/06/2009
Slí Eile: Irish Times journalist, Sarah Carey, writing on 17 June ('State's own welfare must determine level of payments') has taken up the welfare …
Markets and morality
Paul Sweeney 17/06/2009
Paul Sweeney: Markets and morality is an interesting subject. It should be on every economics course, but is probably absent under the narrow regime …
Get ready for the next big thing
Slí Eile 16/06/2009
Sli Eile: This is the conclusion of a writer in the current edition of that internationally respectable journal, Foreign Policy, under ‘Why bad …
Growing our way out of the trap
16/06/2009
This from Ray Kinsella in the Irish Times this morning: "[...] We need to grow our way out of this trap. This means listening and responding to real …
Guardian article on Green New Deal for Ireland
15/06/2009
John Barry: Larry Elliott, the Guardian's Business editor, has just written this article 'Emerald Isle plots green revolution', outlining a possible …
Guest post: Growing the economy
Michael Taft 15/06/2009
Michael Taft: UNITE the union has published a set of economic proposals – Growing the Economy – as a challenge; both to the orthodoxy which …
Hutton and Krugman
15/06/2009
Will Hutton's interview with Paul Krugman in the Observer is available here.
Green shoots, slugs and the banking sector
Paul Sweeney 14/06/2009
Paul Sweeney: I’m sceptical of all the talk around “Green Shoots.” As a bit of a gardener, my green shoots this year have been eaten by slugs. …
Real people real recession
12/06/2009
If you didn't see it don't miss RTE TV programme Prime Time investigative programme on how the Great Recession is impacting on real people. Available …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
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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 …