Category: Europe
Options for future economic policy in the EU
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: I very much agree with Paul Sweeney, writing on this blog site recently It seems to me that we need more effective EU institutions. We …
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. …
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 …
With friends like these (once more on Greece)
Michael Burke 13/02/2010
Michael Burke: There are widespread reports including here, that the meeting of European Finance Ministers will agree to a series of measures aimed …
Greek strikes and protests
Michael Burke 13/02/2010
Michael Burke: The scale of the action by Greek unions is evident even from this short clip. ADEDY is the main public sector trade union which …
Spring Alliance ...
Paul Sweeney 10/02/2010
Paul Sweeney: In 2009, the Spring Alliance was established with the four key civil society groups within the European Union: the European …
Greek Tragedy II - and the tax dimension
Michael Burke 02/02/2010
Michael Burke: In today's Financial Times, two economists from the Breugel think-tank in Brussels argue that the best course for Greece is to call in …
...but what kind of capitalism do we want?....
Slí Eile 01/02/2010
Slí Eile: Speaking, last week, at the World Economic Forum (WEF at Davos), French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in big picture mode discussing the …
Interrogating the Irish model
Peadar Kirby 28/01/2010
Peadar Kirby: This week saw a rare mention of political economy models entering the debate on the future of Irish society. Carl O’Brien’s series …
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Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …