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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 …

Blog on fiscal situation in Greece

Slí Eile 21/01/2010

Slí Eile: Read the discussion on today's Irish economy on Greek fiscal situation following blog, there, by Michael Burke.

Authoritarian Capitalism

Nat O'Connor 23/11/2009

Nat O'Connor: A Wall Street Journal article raises the question of whether authoritarian capitalism is a robust alternative to liberal democratic …

The future just got worse

Michael Taft 12/11/2009

Michael Taft: The EU Commission has announced that Ireland will get an extension to the target date for return to Maastricht compliance. Instead of …

Scaring us into greater inequality

James Wickham 09/11/2009

James Wickham: In a recent article in the Irish Times (4 November) Philip Lane warned that higher levels of income taxation could restrict Ireland's …

Two reasons to vote yes

01/10/2009

Jim Stewart Reason 1 The Global Financial Stability Report by the IMF published on 30 September shows that, in February/March this year, the ECB was …

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