Category: Economics


Growing our way out of the trap

16/06/2009

This from Ray Kinsella in the Irish Times this morning: "[...] We need to grow our way out of this trap. This means listening and responding to real …

Hutton and Krugman

15/06/2009

Will Hutton's interview with Paul Krugman in the Observer is available here.

Green shoots, slugs and the banking sector

Paul Sweeney 14/06/2009

Paul Sweeney: I’m sceptical of all the talk around “Green Shoots.” As a bit of a gardener, my green shoots this year have been eaten by slugs. …

Deflation and Social Welfare Rates

12/06/2009

Karl Whelan over on irisheconomy.ie has a useful blog on the latest CSO CPI figures. He cautions against citing deflation in the housing mortgage …

Guest post: International competitiveness and the New Economy - the role of equality and diversity

Eoin Collins 12/06/2009

Eoin Collins: This paper on International Competitiveness and the New Economy: the Role of Diversity and Equality has been prepared by GLEN as an …

Towards an alternative economic strategy

12/06/2009

As part of its commitment to facilitating the development of an alternative economic strategy, TASC - the think-tank for action on social change - …

Making the case for pluralism in economic thinking

10/06/2009

John Barry: After writing a post asking Where's our 'Green' Whitaker?, I was reflecting on the relationship between the imperative for orthodox …

The financial crisis and the systemic failure of academic economics

10/06/2009

"The global financial crisis has revealed the need to rethink fundamentally how financial systems are regulated. It has also made clear a systemic …

TASC Annual Lecture discussion

Slí Eile 08/06/2009

Slí Eile: The Annual TASC Lecture given by James Galbraith and Maria Rodigrues attracted limited media attention (see Irish Times coverage). You can …

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