Category: Fiscal policy
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 …
TASC submission on unemployment
Sinéad Pentony 22/05/2012
Sinéad Pentony: In a submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education, TASC has looked at a number of key questions. …
European Monetary Union: Doomed to fail or just another stepping stone?
Tom McDonnell 14/05/2012
Tom McDonnell: With talk of a Greek exit from the Euro now being treated seriously it can be informative to consider past experiences with monetary …
Will the Fiscal Treaty Cost Us?
Michael Taft 08/05/2012
Michael Taft: Will the Fiscal Treaty – in particular, the notorious structural deficit rule – require additional austerity? John McHale of the …
The Fiscal Compact - crisis resolution?
Tom McDonnell 03/05/2012
Tom McDonnell: Sebastian Dullien has a useful piece on the Fiscal Compact over at the Social Europe Journal. Sebastian correctly argues that none of …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …