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Airbrushing in

Michael Taft 23/08/2010

Michael Taft: Here is an antidote to recent attempts to airbrush out of the economic debate anyone who doesn’t follow the line. An Irish Times …

Were we reckless spenders?

Tom McDonnell 20/08/2010

Tom McDonnell: Tuesday’s €1.5 billion bond auction by the National Treasury Management Agency ensures that Ireland will successfully get through …

Holidaying in the financial sector

Michael Taft 19/08/2010

Michael Taft: Conor McCabe has produced an interesting and potentially disturbing set of figures over on Dublin Opinion. Based on World Trade …

Local Government Reform

Nat O'Connor 17/08/2010

Nat O'Connor: A lot of people have heard of 'bord snip nua' and the various recommendations it made for cutting or changing public services. However, …

China (IV) - China and Western Economics

Paul Sweeney 11/08/2010

Paul Sweeney: Western economists believe that their model is superior because it is supposedly market-led, has better technology, better social …

Finding the money

Michael Taft 05/08/2010

Michael Taft: Even before the Live Register figures were released, Tom O’Connor put forward a powerful critique of the Government’s failed fiscal …

China (III) - Beijing's scramble for Africa

Paul Sweeney 30/07/2010

Paul Sweeney: This is the third of four (maybe five) posts on China. The first examined Chinese investment and the second FDI in China and its impact …

Evolution ... and economists

29/07/2010

The following is the text of a letter from Terry McDonough carried in today's Irish Times: Michael Casey, reviewing The Company of Strangers: A …

The Austerity Debate

Slí Eile 27/07/2010

Slí Eile: Don't miss the Great Austerity Debate running on the Financial Times at this site. Some heavy hitters have weighed in followed by a thread …

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