Blog Archive
Day 1 - Budget 2012
Sinéad Pentony 06/12/2011
Sinéad Pentony: Yesterday’s budget was presented on the basis of three guiding principles: fairness, jobs and reform. Let’s put these principles …
Delors has had far more to say!
Manus O'Riordan 06/12/2011
Manus O'Riordan: “Euro doomed from start, says Jacques Delors” was the front page headline of Britain’s “Daily Telegraph” on Saturday …
TASC's Response to the Public Spending Announcements
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2011
Nat O'Connor: We have made an initial response to the Budget 2012 public spending announcments. The reforms to the budgetary process could be a …
It's official - austerity isn't working
Michael Burke 05/12/2011
Michael Burke: The Department of Finance’s White Paper Estimates for the 2012 Budget make for grim reading. The White Paper can be found here. What …
More tax questions than answers
Sheila Killian 04/12/2011
Sheila Killian: The 2012 Estimates published over the weekend make for interesting reading in the context of what has already been leaked from the …
Bleeding Ireland Dry
Tom McDonnell 04/12/2011
Tom McDonnell: Great article by Karl Whelan here on the infamous promissory notes. Remember over 2% of our total GDP is going to be shovelled into …
Sowing whirlwinds: European elites get the crisis they deserve
James Wickham 04/12/2011
James Wickham: Europeans are getting fed up with Europe. Everywhere as the crisis deepens and as some experts demand closer European integration …
Budget 2012: carbon tax, motor tax and motivations
Aoife Ní Lochlainn 02/12/2011
Aoife Ní Lochlainn: As we get closer to the budget day (or budget days), the shape of Government plans is becoming clearer. We know, both from leaks …
Child Benefit and our values
Tom McDonnell 02/12/2011
Tom McDonnell: As Peadar Kirby said in the blog earlier today: "Budgets should be seen as opportunities to debate national choices for expenditure …
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Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …