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A notice from TASC: recruiting a Head of Policy

24/04/2009

TASC, the 'parent' of this blog, has received grant-aiding from the Atlantic Philanthropies and is working on a major new programme of work. We are …

Back to the future

Slí Eile 22/04/2009

Sli Eile: John Maynard Keynes, speaking in UCD in 1933, praised the self-sufficiency policies of various countries including, at the time, ‘Italy, …

Budget 2009, ODA and Guru George

22/04/2009

The effects of the recent Budget will be felt in the developing world as well as here in Ireland - click here for Oxfam's response to the ODA …

Report card for the parties in opposition

Slí Eile 21/04/2009

Sli Eile: Over recent weeks I assessed the various economic proposals of some political parties – see previous posts on this site for Fine Gael, …

Erin Go Broke? Krugman's NT Times piece - and some reaction

20/04/2009

Paul Krugman has an opinion piece in today's New York Times, arguing - among other points made - that "As far as responding to the recession goes, …

Eircom: topsy-turvey economics

Paul Sweeney 20/04/2009

Paul Sweeney: The bid last week for Eircom is yet another nail in the coffin of the Anglo Saxon model of liberal economics. Even Fine Gael called for …

Analysing credit

An tSaoi 18/04/2009

An Saoi: Let us assume that the Irish economy will decline by more than 10% in 2009 and that the consumer price index will also fall by around 7%. …

Prosperity without growth?

16/04/2009

Ahead of the G20 summit in London, the UK's Sustainable Development Commission recently published Prosperity Without Growth? arguing that "the …

The budget, the over-fifties and the under-fives

Jim Stewart 15/04/2009

Jim Stewart: The recent supplementary budget, while removing a considerable amount of income from almost everyone, also treated some groups in …

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