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Category: Fiscal policy

November tax figures - not as good as they seem

An tSaoi 04/12/2009

An Saoi: Newspaper headlines suggest that the decline in tax revenues is bottoming out, and indeed the November figures themselves look at first …

Current government policy is misguided

Jim Stewart 03/12/2009

Jim Stewart: The current stated policy of the Government is to reduce the fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP to 3% or under by 2014 (formerly …

Principle 5 - Up the Game - Compete on new knowledge and Services

Slí Eile 29/11/2009

Slí Eile: The current economic crisis is forcing us to move away from strategies that rely on a combination of dependence on foreign direct …

Ireland and Dubai

Paul Sweeney 29/11/2009

Paul Sweeney: The Irish economy could collapse? Is this possible? The editorial in Saturday’s Financial Times (28th November 2009), on Dubai, …

IMF chief warns on exit strategy

Michael Burke 23/11/2009

Michael Burke: Report in the Financial Times, Monday November 23: "'Economic stimulus programmes, including those in the UK, should not be withdrawn …

Multipliers then and now

Michael Burke 19/11/2009

Michael Burke: There is further evidence that fiscal stimulus works. Kevin O'Rourke has (re)posted here a very interesting piece by Barry Eichengreen …

Where will the jobs come from?

Michael Taft 17/11/2009

Michael Taft: Such is the focus of the debate on deficits, borrowing and related fiscal issues, we are in danger of consigning the issues of recovery …

The Procrustean bed of statistics

Michael Taft 12/11/2009

Michael Taft: In Greek mythology the rogue Procrustes had an iron bed in which guests were invited to rest on. He would then hold them down and, if …

Home truths from abroad

Michael Burke 11/11/2009

Michael Burke: It’s in the nature of a globalised economy that all economies tend to exhibit a specific combination of global trends. For a small …

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