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Water Charging and Affordability
Nat O'Connor 24/04/2014
Nat O'Connor: Minister Phil Hogan has announced that the final detail on water charging will be announced soon. Meanwhile the Water Regulator (part …
Ireland's National Risk Assessment
Paul Sweeney 17/04/2014
Paul Sweeeney: The Department of the Taoiseach just published its “Draft National Risk Assessment of Ireland” as promised in the Government …
Widen the band, widen the gap?
Cormac Staunton 10/04/2014
Cormac Staunton: There has been a lot of talk recently about cutting income taxes now that the Irish economy is beginning to show signs of recovery. …
Conceptualising Economic Inequality
09/04/2014
See here for a presentation conceptualizing economic inequality. The presentation is designed to explore the concept of 'economic equality' by moving …
OECD and tax avoidance: the story so far ...
02/04/2014
In a webcast from Paris this afternoon, the OECD updated the world on progress on the BEPS project to date. Pascal Saint-Amans stressed the process …
Stiglitz on Inequality
01/04/2014
Joseph Stiglitz's March 2014 presentation on the 'Causes and Consequences of Growing Inequality: and what can be done about it' is available here. …
Pope Francis on Economic Inequality
01/04/2014
Pope Francis has made a number of significant comments on economic inequality and economic policy in his EVANGELII GAUDIUM,a 224-page 'exhortation' …
Capital in the 21st Century (Piketty)
Nat O'Connor 31/03/2014
Nat O'Connor: Thomas Piketty, Associate Chair in the Paris School of Economics, has produced a seminal analysis of the past, present and potential …
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Passerose Mantoy
Passerose Mantoy is the CEO of Chrysalis Community Drug Project, a community-based drug …
Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O’Connor is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD, a fellow of the UCD …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …