Category: Inequality
Inequality in Ireland today
Robert Sweeney 11/02/2019
A previous blog looked at the broad contours of inequality in Ireland today. What we found was that (i) inequality has grown here (ii) Ireland now ranks in the middle among European countries as other countries have become much more unequal and (iii) Ireland has unusually high levels of market inequality. Here we probe the matter further by …
Inequality in Ireland today
Robert Sweeney 16/01/2019
With continuing housing crises, health crises, inadequate childcare, climate change inaction, there’s no shortage of public policy emergencies …
A divided state
Paula Clancy 02/01/2019
Dr. Paula Clancy is founding director of the independent, progressive Think Tank TASC (Think Tank for Action on Social Change) which she helped set …
The 10 reasons why house prices and rents must fall
PJ Drudy 08/10/2018
House prices in recent years should never have been allowed to soar to the point where they have become unaffordable for the vast majority of …
NBP: Problematic privatisation
Donal Palcic 28/09/2018
The roots of the ongoing debacle with the implementation of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) can be traced back to the privatisation of Eircom. …
Living wage
Robert Sweeney 17/07/2018
LAST WEEK THE Living Wage Technical Group published an update of the living wage in Ireland. The living wage calculates the wage needed to live a …
No ordinary housing crisis
Rory Hearne 20/06/2018
As I outlined in the first part of this article (see link here), the housing and homelessness crisis is no ordinary crisis. This is not a temporary …
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James Stewart
Dr James Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Rory Hearne
Rory Hearne is a postdoctoral researcher in the Maynooth University Social Sciences …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a …