Category: Fiscal policy


Responding to the crisis

24/03/2009

It can be hard to see beyond the impending budget and the rising crescendo of voices clamouring for cutting our way out of the present gathering …

Stimulus

24/03/2009

1 One of the key arguments against a stimulus package in Ireland is that additional public spending will leak out through imports. In other words …

Getting ideological

Paula Clancy 20/03/2009

Paula Clancy: David Quinn is right about one thing: we do need to start asking ourselves what kind of society we want when we come out of the current …

Pay Cuts and Deflation

Paul Sweeney 17/03/2009

Paul Sweeney: Many economists and commentators are still arguing, very strongly and with great certainty, that pay cuts will be the major part of the …

Krugman on bad banks / good banks

09/03/2009

Following on from Terry McDonough's post on bank nationalisation, Paul Krugman makes some interesting points on the whole bad bank/good bank argument …

Exchequer Returns Emphasise Need for Growth Strategy

04/03/2009

Yesterday's exchequer returns mark the end of Ireland's tax strategy since the end of the 1990s. As capital gains taxes collapse and stamp duty …

Socio-economic dimensions of the worsening employment picture

Sean Ó Riain 03/03/2009

Sean O Riain: There is a helpful post over at irisheconomy.ie by Brendan Walsh outlining the worsening employment picture as reflected in the latest …

Poll results .... and some questions

01/03/2009

Based on the results of our poll - which is now closed - 72 per cent of our readers believe that AIB and Bank of Ireland should be nationalised. Of …

Nationalisation in the UK

28/02/2009

The following link to IPPR discussion on nationalisation in the UK is worth looking at.

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