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Category: Inequality

Policy Analyst wanted ...

21/01/2011

TASC is recruiting a Policy Analyst; full details on www.tascnet.ie.

It's just not fair (a Ben Hur tale)

Homo economicus 20/12/2010

Homo economicus: It's just not fair. We have been at sea for two years and have faced almighty storms and attacks from raiding speculator vessels. We …

Listening to common sense

Slí Eile 18/12/2010

Slí Eile: Sometimes we don't like listening to one of our own. Hence, expertise from outside is used to reassure us. Take David McWilliams. The …

Only growth can reduce the debt

Michael Burke 13/12/2010

Michael Burke: Over on Irish Ecoomy, Karl Whelan has initiated a useful discussion highlighting some of the differences between EU Commission and …

TASC analysis of Budget 2011

09/12/2010

TASC has issued its analysis of Budget 2011; you can download a PDF of the document here. Comments?

The €67.5 (not €85) billion bailout

Jim Stewart 02/12/2010

Jim Stewart: Whatever the Taoiseach thought he was doing at the press conference last Sunday) in announcing the EU/IMF net loans to Ireland of …

Unemployment, emigration and growth

Tom O'Connor 09/11/2010

Tom O'Connor: The seasonally adjusted unemployment figures show a fall of 6,500 signing on the live register. This is totally due to emigration. In …

A better way

Michael Burke 04/11/2010

Michael Burke: As the population braces itself for another round of swingeing cuts, the government and the overwhelming majority of the media …

Unemployment and paying for pensions

03/11/2010

Andrew Watt of the European Trade Union Institute - who spoke at the recent FEPS/TASC Autumn Conference - has an interesting take on jobs and …

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