Category: Banking and finance
TASC launches discussion paper on debt and banking crisis
19/05/2011
TASC today launched a discussion paper by TASC policy analyst (and PE blogger) Tom McDonnell, The Debt and Banking Crisis: Progressive Approaches for …
Social Justice Ireland
Slí Eile 16/05/2011
Slí Eile: Some strong and clear messages emerge from Social Justice Ireland in its latest Socio-Economic Review. It makes the case that: 'It is …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: The place to be is Mr. Justice Kelly's Commercial Court room on Monday morning
06/05/2011
Buried in the terms of the latest buyback of AIB bonds is an explicit attempt to reverse the 'hierarchy of credit'. Doesn't sound like much, does it? …
Those who live by the bond yield ...
Michael Taft 21/04/2011
Michael Taft: Remember all those comments in the days following the latest bank-bailout? How the markets had sent positive signals? That confidence …
How much is the taxpayer on the hook for?
Michael Burke 05/04/2011
Michael Burke: Frightening people into submission is a fairly easy trick. One tactic is to frighten them with an outlandish demand – then soften …
Coffey on the banking cost
Tom McDonnell 04/04/2011
Tom McDonnell: Seamus Coffey has put together a very lucid post over at Economic Incentives estimating the actual scale of the banking cost. This …
Affordable, manageable and sustainable
Michael Taft 04/04/2011
Michael Taft: Some commentary has suggested that Black Thursday wasn’t all that bad; in particular the bail-out won’t add much to our general …
Banking on a new deal
Slí Eile 03/04/2011
Slí Eile: Banking is at the heart of the economy. It should serve two core social needs: - A place of security for those who deposit savings - A …
The Roubini verdict on the recapitalisations
Tom McDonnell 01/04/2011
Tom McDonnell: Credibility is a hard earned thing. The commentariat is overrun with the views of so-called experts whose predictions have …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …