Category: Banking and finance
Open debate on paying the promissory notes - the long countdown
Tom McDonnell 13/12/2012
Tom McDonnell: Various official sources (including Ministers) have been making the claim in recent days that the 2012 promissory note to the IBRC …
The Default Option - Cancelling the Odious Debt
Tom McDonnell 14/11/2012
Tom McDonnell: We have seen again in the last few days that the troika are a not a monolith. They disagree quite fundamentally on many issues. It is …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: A perp walk for banks
Arthur Doohan 07/08/2012
Arthur Doohan: We all had a pleasantly salacious time some days ago watching various white-collar villains being hauled before the courts and given …
A long ways to go
Michael Taft 30/07/2012
Michael Taft: It is difficult to come to a judgement on the NTMA bond sale. That we entered the bond market accessing new money is a plus, especially …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: Don't complain - start repairing LIBOR
Arthur Doohan 20/07/2012
Arthur Doohan:LIBOR ‘structurally flawed’ says the ‘Fed’.... Power corrupts...even a little power corrupts quite a lot...as we have seen, …
MOU for Spain
Tom McDonnell 11/07/2012
Tom McDonnell: The Spanish Memorandum of understanding is here. EL Pais has distilled it down to 32 key points here. Eurointelligence helpfully …
Can the Eurozone be saved?
Tom McDonnell 10/07/2012
Tom McDonnell: Spanish 10-year bonds are now over 7.1%. It looks like there will be a Spanish National Asset Management Agency (SNAMA) set up as a …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: The facts about LIBOR
Arthur Doohan 09/07/2012
Arthur Doohan: Personally, I love a good conspiracy theory even though most of them can’t take a rinse let alone a serious ‘spin-cycle’. But …
Euro Crisis, Causes and Solutions
Tom McDonnell 03/07/2012
Tom McDonnell: Despite the developments at last week's EU summit we remain a long, long way from a successful resolution of the Euro crisis. My own …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …