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The Top Income Tax is at its Lowest Rate

Paul Sweeney 23/03/2015

Paul Sweeney: This year, Ireland’s top tax is at its lowest rate for many years. Yet inequality is now recognised as the biggest economic challenge …

Incarceration and Equality

18/03/2015

Oisín Gilmore: Last month the Oscars got some press attention for the unusually politicized nature of many of the acceptance speeches. While …

Data on Wealth in Ireland

Paul Sweeney 13/03/2015

Paul Sweeney: There has been no study of the distribution of wealth in Ireland by any government body until recently. Now the CSO has undertaken such …

Arguments for a gendered investment plan

Paula Clancy 09/03/2015

Paula Clancy: As a consequence of austerity policies the programme for gender equality in Ireland has been hard hit. Ursula Barry’s recent TASC …

Don’t sell, buy: Paul Sweeney on Aer Lingus in Irish Times

09/03/2015

Paul Sweeney, Chair of TASC's Economists' Network, wrote a strong opinion piece on Aer Lingus in The Irish Times on Friday, 6th of March 2015. You …

Mathematically Progressive or Socially Progressive?

Cormac Staunton 06/03/2015

Cormac Staunton: You don’t measure how peaceful an area is by counting the number of peacekeepers. If anything, the presence of peacekeepers is an …

Aer Lingus Watch #5

Paul Sweeney 25/02/2015

Paul Sweeney: I began Aer Lingus Watch 3 by saying that the government will not sell its stake in Aer Lingus. The Taoiseach had said that he wanted …

Why ‘gross’ income inequality matters

Cormac Staunton 24/02/2015

Cormac Staunton: Cherishing All Equally has prompted a discussion of economic inequality in Ireland. In a previous post I discussed why looking only …

Five Progressive Views on Greece

Nat O'Connor 20/02/2015

Nat O'Connor: Queries: The European Progressive Magazine circulated five articles about the Greek crisis, all of which are relevant to Ireland. Click …

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