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TASC Annual Lecture discussion

Slí Eile 08/06/2009

Slí Eile: The Annual TASC Lecture given by James Galbraith and Maria Rodigrues attracted limited media attention (see Irish Times coverage). You can …

Credit Rating Agencies are Punks!

Paul Sweeney 08/06/2009

Paul Sweeney: Ireland’s sovereign credit ratings were cut for the second time in just three months on Monday 8th June 2009 because of concern about …

Mythbusters 101: Wages in the Irish public sector

Slí Eile 05/06/2009

Sli Eile: Are incomes, on average, higher in the public sector than in the private sector? Note the reference to ‘incomes’ and not ‘wages’ in …

Green shoots? Scorched earth!

An tSaoi 05/06/2009

An tSaoi:The Taoiseach sees positive signs in the May Exchequer figures, which were not as bad as expected. Tax paid in May was €64M over the …

For those who didn't make it .....

05/06/2009

... to the TASC Annual Lecture yesterday, you can download a podcast of the interview James Galbraith gave to Irish Left Review's Donagh Brennan …

The efficiency of “saving” vs “creating” jobs

Marie Sherlock 05/06/2009

Marie Sherlock: As the country goes to the polls tomorrow, Live register figures for the first five months of 2009 are due to be released. The …

Where's our 'Green' Whitaker?

04/06/2009

John Barry: In the context of the severe crisis Ireland faces – which for me goes beyond the current economic/financial crisis but should be viewed …

The stagflation myth

03/06/2009

Paul Krugman has a post up on his blog today pointing out that "Ever since Reagan, conservatives have been using the evils of stagflation to denounce …

An expanded comment: Paul Sweeney on Sean O Riain

Paul Sweeney 01/06/2009

Paul Sweeney: This is a thoughtful commentary on the banking crisis and what might transpire after it. At present as Sean O’Riain says, there is …

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