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Cut Rents not Wages to Save Jobs in Retail

Nat O'Connor 23/06/2011

Nat O'Connor: Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) has released a survey of their members, which they contend shows that abolition of the JLC system would …

Progressive growth, rather than regressive austerity

Tom McDonnell 20/06/2011

Tom McDonnell: Michael O'Sullivan has a very thoughtful piece over at the Sunday Business Post. He argues that a full restructuring of the Greek debt …

The need for diversity in policy advice

Peadar Kirby 20/06/2011

Peadar Kirby: When speaking to the NESC on Friday last, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny made a point that, if taken seriously, has the potential to address …

The realm of forgetting

Michael Burke 18/06/2011

Michael Burke: I’m guessing that Dan O’Brien may not be every reader of this blog’s favourite economic commentator. Just a hunch. But reading a …

A long, long, long way to go

Michael Taft 16/06/2011

Michael Taft: A good step; but a very small step: the Finance Minister’s announcement that the Government will seek a substantial write-down of the …

Sharing burdens

Slí Eile 15/06/2011

Slí Eile: excellent piece recently here. The message still holds even in light of today's very partial announcement about seeking remission on the …

Unnatural selection

Paul Sweeney 15/06/2011

Paul Sweeney: In Tuesday's Financial Times there was a really provocative book reivew by Joshua Kurlantzick on a book by Mara Hvistendahl on the …

TASC launches new report on health inequalities

14/06/2011

Click here to download TASC's new report, Eliminating Health Inequalities - A Matter of Life and Death. A digital version is available here. Comments …

Cutting Human Rights

Tom McDonnell 14/06/2011

Tom McDonnell: It was good to see the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammerberg wade into the austerity debate (See Here). He …

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