Blog Archive
Neither Fair or Equitable - The Impact of Government Cuts on Traveller Services
30/04/2013
Pavee Point published a report yesterday, on the impact of cuts over the last five years on Traveller projects and services. The report, authored by …
Debt, Growth and Coding Errors
Tom McDonnell 17/04/2013
Tom McDonnell: Reinhart and Rogoff's finding that the growth rate starts to decline once the public debt to GDP ratio exceeds 90% has become embraced …
Optimal taxation of top incomes
Tom McDonnell 16/04/2013
Tom McDonnell: You can find an interesting paper on optimal top marginal tax rates here. The authors find that the optimal top marginal tax rate …
Bringing Balance to Imbalance
Tom McDonnell 16/04/2013
Tom McDonnell: The results of the EU Commission's review of macroeconomic imbalances can be seen here. Andrew Watt attacks the partiality and …
Conference on "Understanding the Changing Worlds of Capitalism", May 1st
15/04/2013
Understanding the Changing Worlds of Capitalism: New Perspectives on the Political Economy of Work, Production and Employment RegimesA Research …
Workshop on Industrial policy in Comparative Perspective, Thursday April 25th
09/04/2013
Whither Industrial Policy? The Future of Public Institutions and Economic Development 3-6 pm, Thursday April 25th 2013 Institute of Bankers, 1 North …
'Social Security for All'
Nat O'Connor 04/04/2013
Nat O'Connor: Compass in the UK have produced a short briefing document entitled 'Social Security for All' as a way of (re)making the case for the …
What's a Euro anyway?
26/03/2013
Is a euro in a Cypriot bank, locked down by withdrawal limits and capital controls, the same as a euro in an Irish or French bank? Is a euro sitting …
Drivers of progressive tax
12/03/2013
A recent OECD report olooks at the progressivity of income tax systems in their 34 member countries. A progressive tax is often simply defined as one …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O’Connor is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD, a fellow of the UCD …
Passerose Mantoy
Passerose Mantoy is the CEO of Chrysalis Community Drug Project, a community-based drug …