Category: Economics
The Star Pupil
21/02/2013
Social Europe Journal has a caustic analysis of the narrative that Ireland has been in some way a star pupil and success story here. Meanwhile, …
New CEPR paper on the contribution of IMF recommendations to the ongoing crisis in Europe
30/01/2013
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington D.C. has published a paper examining the policy recommendations made by the IMF to …
Comparison of EU Bank Bailouts
16/01/2013
Michael Taft uses Eurostat data here to compare the 'direct' impacts on General Government Deficits caused by the EU's numerous bank bailouts. In …
Launch of NERI Quarterly Economic Observer/Facts
09/01/2013
The NERI has published, today, its fourth Quarterly Economic Observer (QEO) along with the latest Quarterly Economic Facts (QEF). A link to the full …
Open debate on paying the promissory notes - the long countdown
Tom McDonnell 13/12/2012
Tom McDonnell: Various official sources (including Ministers) have been making the claim in recent days that the 2012 promissory note to the IBRC …
Clamping Down on Tax Injustice—Sharing the Price of Austerity
Daragh McCarthy 03/12/2012
Daragh McCarthy: On Wednesday, the EU’s tax commissioner will outline a set of proposals aimed at reducing the level of tax evasion and aggressive …
Making Equality Count—the Case for Budgetary Impact Assessments
Clara Fischer 29/11/2012
Clara Fischer: Ireland’s next budget is only around the corner, and people all over the country are bracing themselves for what is set to be …
The Default Option - Cancelling the Odious Debt
Tom McDonnell 14/11/2012
Tom McDonnell: We have seen again in the last few days that the troika are a not a monolith. They disagree quite fundamentally on many issues. It is …
Jobs and credit crises call for clear policy response
17/10/2012
Michael O'Sullivan (author of Ireland and the Global Question) has written a lucid article on what's required for job creation in today's Irish …
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