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Dublin Consensus rattled by Begg article

Slí Eile 29/07/2009

Slí Eile: Nothing better to create some heat over on irisheconomy.ie or in follow-up comments to an op ed on the Irish Times than an article by ICTU …

Guest post by Eoin O Broin: Time to raise taxes

Eoin Ó Broin 29/07/2009

Eoin O Broin: The Commission on Taxation is due to complete its work later this week. Established in February 2008, its remit was to ‘review the …

The IDA and the wages debate

Michael Taft 28/07/2009

Michael Taft: A couple of weeks ago, the Chief Executive of the IDA, Barry O’Leary, jumped into the debate about wages – suggesting they were …

Dublin Consensus backed by Garret

Slí Eile 27/07/2009

Slí Eile: The Dublin Consensus is solid. Garret the Good has added his voice to the Consensus in his most recent Saturday column. He writes: It is …

How much is a Billion Euro in Irish terms?

Nat O'Connor 25/07/2009

Nat O'Connor: One of the effects of the financial crisis is that it is forcing us to deal with very big numbers. We now regularly hear or read about …

Cutting Off your Nose to Spite Your Face – Mc Carthy and the Revenue

An tSaoi 24/07/2009

An Saoi: The Revenue Commissioners get off lightly in McCarthy’s Report. It is suggested that savings of around €26M could be made. However as …

Minimum wages and low pay

Michael Taft 24/07/2009

Michael Taft: The latest swing in the debate has turned on those earning the minimum wage, though in truth this is a continuation of the call last …

An Bord Snip Nua and the Active Citizenship Office

Colm O'Doherty 23/07/2009

Colm O'Doherty: While I have previously argued that the active citizenship agenda of the Cowen and Ahern governments has lacked policymaking …

Why wage cuts are not a good thing

23/07/2009

This post was written by Professor Terrence McDonough of the Department of Economics in NUIG in May. Given the current debate on pay levels (whether …

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