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Good News on Jobs

Paul Sweeney 27/05/2015

Paul Sweeney: There is good news on the jobs front. But we should never have had such a collapse in the economy and jobs. The job of economists and …

TTIP is not a conventional free trade agreement

David Begg 26/05/2015

David Begg: Since the collapse of the DOHA round of multilateral trade negotiations the focus of global trade policy has shifted towards regional or …

Employers' Social Contributions in Ireland

Paul Sweeney 19/05/2015

Paul Sweeney: Here on Progressive Economy, we have been examining the evidence for tax reform in recent months. In my last Blog I looked at …

Capital Markets Union – The Risk of Short-Termism

David Begg 13/05/2015

David Begg: The European Commission believes that European Capital Markets are underdeveloped. It considers that this is an aspect of the single …

A Polanyian double movement in Europe? Too early to say

David Begg 08/05/2015

David Begg: On Tuesday 5th May Professor Eduardo Silva, from Tulane University, New Orleans, delivered a lecture in Maynooth University on the topic …

USC cuts will still benefit higher earners

Cormac Staunton 06/05/2015

Cormac Staunton: The Government today signalled that instead of changing income tax rates and bands in Budget 2016, they are likely to reduce the 7% …

Why May 7th is crucial for Ireland

David Begg 05/05/2015

David Begg: There has always been a paradox of sorts affecting Ireland’s engagement with the prospect of European Integration. With few honourable …

The Danger of the Share-Buyback Epidemic

Paul Sweeney 30/04/2015

Paul Sweeney: The news that US companies will buy back over one Trillion dollars – that is $1,000,000,000,000 - worth of their own shares in 2015 …

Planned tax cuts likely to increase inequality

Cormac Staunton 29/04/2015

Cormac Staunton: The Government's Spring Statement, announced yesterday, was seen by some as a bit of a damp squib, with very little detail about …

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