Category: Inequality


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 …

INOU Pre-Budget Submission

03/11/2010

"Popular media debate would have us all believe that the crisis in the public finances arises because public expenditure went out of control. Did it? …

Guest post by Dr Rory Hearne: Why aren't the Irish protesting?

Rory Hearne 19/10/2010

Rory Hearne: A short while back, I was asked the question for the This Week Rte Radio 1 show was ‘why aren’t the Irish protesting?’ I thought …

A new weapon in the anti-deflationary armoury

Michael Taft 16/10/2010

Michael Taft: One might expect a pre-budget submission in today’s climate to focus on how to ‘save’ money through a lengthy list of public …

IMF study indicates 6 billion cuts could risk over 20,000 jobs

Tom McDonnell 15/10/2010

Tom McDonnell: It is claimed in an IMF paper ('Will It Hurt? Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Consolidation') that fiscal consolidation measures can …

Impact of TASC Budget Proposals

Michael Burke 15/10/2010

Michael Burke: One of the strange features of the debate on the economy and government finances is that the consensus has solidified around further …

Benefitting all the children equally

07/10/2010

In an Irish Times 'Double Vision' piece with Friends First economist Jim Power, TASC Head of Policy Sinéad Pentony argues this morning that the …

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