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Why Brexit might be good for Europe – and for social equality
James Wickham 29/10/2015
James Wickham: As the Brexit referendum draws closer, progressive Europeans might start asking: do we really want them anyway? Arguably a Brexit …
EU ruling will bring realistic approach to "Tax Wars"
Paul Sweeney 28/10/2015
Paul Sweeney: “I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.” said Oliver Wendel Holmes Jr, a US judge in 1927. Today many major companies …
The State must intervene in housing market
Rory Hearne 24/10/2015
Rory Hearne: The Irish housing system is in an unprecedented crisis. This is visible in escalating rents, ‘economic’ evictions, mortgage arrears, …
The Commission and Illegal State Aid Rules
Jim Stewart 23/10/2015
Jim Stewart: The EU has been investigating five cases of potential illegal granting of State aid via favourable tax rulings. The Commission means by …
The problem with animals
David Begg 22/10/2015
David Begg: A few weeks ago I happened upon an RTÉ radio programme in which the author John Banville was talking about the genre of the Scandinavian …
Independent Review of Ireland’s PPP Experience is Essential
Eoin Reeves 21/10/2015
Eoin Reeves: A largely unnoticed feature of the government’s new €27 billion capital investment plan – Building on Recovery -is the decision …
Budget 2016: Budget ‘sweet-spot’ of €70,000 means the Top 10% is the big winner… again.
Cormac Staunton 13/10/2015
Cormac Staunton: In our analysis of last years ‘triple effect’ of changes to tax bands, tax rates and USC rates we found that Budget 2015 gave …
Budget 2016: Opportunity missed to address social crisis, particularly housing, as chronic under-investment in infrastructure continued
Rory Hearne 13/10/2015
Rory Hearne: So what do the expenditure measures announced in today’s Budget 2016 do to address Ireland’s worsening social and economic …
Flat Tax benefits Top 25% of earners and reduces services for everyone
Cormac Staunton 06/10/2015
Cormac Staunton: When trying to understand the impact of changes to the income tax system there are two vital bits of information that are needed: …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …