Category: Economics
Joseph Stiglitz on the price of inequality
06/06/2012
[...] America has the highest level of inequality of any of the advanced countries – and its gap with the rest has been widening. In the …
Krugman - on just about everything
31/05/2012
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman's visit to Britain has given rise to a number of interviews and articles. Click here here to read a full transcript of …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan (II): Debt realities
Arthur Doohan 22/05/2012
Arthur Doohan: In five years we have gone from being the "pinup stars" for EU growth to being the "posterchildren" for austerity and, like a nodding …
Guest post by Arthur Doohan: It's the economy, stupid
Arthur Doohan 17/05/2012
Arthur Doohan: "...most of the people ...were unhappy… Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned …
So what do the markets think?
16/05/2012
The victory of Francois Hollande in the French Presidential contest provides a further insight into the operation of the bond markets. It is …
Are things getting better, or worse?
Michael Burke 11/05/2012
Michael Burke: The EU Commission Spring 2012 economic forecasts have just been published. It is likely that the downgrading of current growth …
The structural deficit just got worse
Michael Taft 11/05/2012
Michael Taft: The latest EU Commission projections are out and, if anything, they show an even higher structural deficit than what the Government is …
New Department of Finance Economics and Banking Divisions
Nat O'Connor 11/05/2012
Nat O'Connor: The Department of Finance has established an Economics Division to focus on economic planning and performance monitoring. (RTÉ report …
The Spanish crisis, thirteen defaults to date
Tom McDonnell 10/05/2012
Tom McDonnell: As well as being World and European football champions Spain also currently holds the distinction of having the world record for …
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