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The debate begins

Michael Burke 09/03/2010

Michael Burke: The Open Letter is being discussed over at Irish Economy. Two interesting counter-thrusts, which are not entirely new. One is that the …

All the wrong options have been pursed: open letter in today's Irish Times

08/03/2010

28 economists, social scientists and economic analysts (many of them familiar to PE readers) have written an open letter, published in today's Irish …

EU 2020 Strategy

Paul Sweeney 01/03/2010

Paul Sweeney: The European Commission’s Europe 2020 Strategy is an important long term plan. It replaces the Lisbon Agenda, another long term plan. …

Investment arguments gaining ground

28/02/2010

The imperative to increase investment as the mechanism for an economic recovey - and to close the public deficit - is begining to gain ground among …

Ireland's private debt - is it time to default?

An tSaoi 26/02/2010

An Saoi: The Central Bank estimates that Irish private debt is €372,000M. The funding of this massive amount is rapidly going to become the key …

Let us invest in the future

Michael Burke 24/02/2010

Michael Burke: In today's Financial Times, chief economics commentator Martin Wolf has an interesting piece on how we can get out of the crisis. He …

Deflation, the economy and growth

Michael Taft 22/02/2010

Michael Taft: Three Sunday articles with some thoughtful comments. First up, the Sunday Tribune and Eamon Quinn’s survey of six economists from …

No laughing matter

Michael Burke 21/02/2010

Michael Burke: The British Tory Party have expressed open admiration for the policies pursued in Ireland by the Fianna Fail government. While the …

EU calls on Greek population to tighten belts to support wealthy Greek tax dodgers

Michael Burke 19/02/2010

Michael Burke: Tactical manoeuvring is continuing among European governments to decide exactly how much of the bill will be picked up by who for the …

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