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Category: Inequality

A Marie Antoinette moment

01/06/2011

"Marie Antoinette's infamous response to the news of bread riots prior to the French Revolution, "Let them eat cake", may be apocryphal but it …

Wage-setting mechanisms: statement by 36 economists, analysts and social scientists

31/05/2011

“We broadly welcome the Report of the Independent Review of Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreement Wage-Setting …

TASC launches discussion paper on debt and banking crisis

19/05/2011

TASC today launched a discussion paper by TASC policy analyst (and PE blogger) Tom McDonnell, The Debt and Banking Crisis: Progressive Approaches for …

Social Justice Ireland

Slí Eile 16/05/2011

Slí Eile: Some strong and clear messages emerge from Social Justice Ireland in its latest Socio-Economic Review. It makes the case that: 'It is …

Slight but important clarification

Tom McDonnell 10/05/2011

Tom McDonnell: I believe I was slightly taken out of context in the Irish Times today. I was quoted as saying “...austerity measures would not …

Towards the Good Society

Sinéad Pentony 20/04/2011

Sinéad Pentony: As the debt, fiscal and economic crises rumble on, and as fire-fighting policy responses continue, it can be difficult to think …

Myths of the Irish Crisis: Wages and Competitiveness

14/04/2011

TASC has just issued a new discussion paper by TASC economist (and PE blogger) Tom McDonnell examining two distinct but related claims. First that …

Facing Up to Reality II: The Methodological Flaw in An Bord Snip Nua

12/04/2011

This post follows on from a previous contribution. Michael Taft: In the previous post, we saw how billions of fiscal contraction has led to little …

Facing up to reality: Austerity is an obstacle to deficit reduction

11/04/2011

This is the first part of a two-part post. Michael Taft: On Sunday, Colm McCarthy wrote: ‘ . . .the programme for budgetary correction needs to be …

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