Category: Fiscal policy
Euro Crisis, Causes and Solutions
Tom McDonnell 03/07/2012
Tom McDonnell: Despite the developments at last week's EU summit we remain a long, long way from a successful resolution of the Euro crisis. My own …
Innovation value for money
David Jacobson 22/06/2012
David Jacobson: In yesterday’s Irish Times (Business and Technology supplement) there is a good-news story about Science Foundation Ireland’s …
The ESRI Quarterly and 'The Small Open Economy'
Michael Burke 20/06/2012
Michael Burke: The latest ESRI Quarterly deals very briefly with the issue of economic stimulus. ‘We would be very cautious about a domestic …
The advocates of austerity are now calling for growth
Paul Sweeney 20/06/2012
Paul Sweeney: When all of the advocates of austerity are now calling for growth as well as more cuts, is it no wonder the public is confused? The …
Innovation policy and perfomance in Ireland
Sinéad Pentony 14/06/2012
Sinéad Pentony: TASC hosted its second lunchtime seminar yesterday. Professor David Jacobson examined the issue of innovation policy and performance …
The Costs of Working in Ireland
Nat O'Connor 13/06/2012
Nat O'Connor: The ESRI withdrew a working paper today. The Irish Times reported that this was "unprecedented". However, another ESRI report (on waste …
Guest post by Suzanne Rosselet-McCauley and Adrian Devitt: Restoring sustainable competitiveness
Suzanne Rosselet-McCauley, Adrian Devitt 11/06/2012
Suzanne Rosselet-McCauley and Adrian Devitt: Competitiveness is one of the most abused terms in modern economics, meaning many different things to …
Has the State any Business in Business?
Sinéad Pentony 30/05/2012
Sinéad Pentony: TASC held its first lunchtime seminar yesterday. Paul Sweeney considered the question - ‘Has the State any business in …
Our problem is not the EU - our problem is ourselves
Colm O'Doherty 29/05/2012
Colm O'Doherty: Earlier this year, in Davos, Enda Kenny spoke about moral failure and its responsibility for our economic crash. He said that easy …
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James Stewart
Dr James Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Michelle Maher
Dr Michelle Maher completed her PhD on the Irish pension system in 2016 at Maynooth …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a …