Category: Inequality
VAT paid by people on low incomes
Nat O'Connor 12/08/2010
Nat O'Connor: This is a follow up to comments on the Corporation Tax post about VAT. As was pointed out to me, although the main VAT rate is 21%, …
The Austerity Debate
Slí Eile 27/07/2010
Slí Eile: Don't miss the Great Austerity Debate running on the Financial Times at this site. Some heavy hitters have weighed in followed by a thread …
Stimulus and austerity
Peter Connell 26/07/2010
Peter Connell: Over on irisheconomy.ie there has been an enlightening discussion on one of our favourite topics – austerity versus stimulus. The …
Leprechauns and Confidence Fairies
21/07/2010
Writing in the New York Times, Paul Krugman is unimpressed by the latest ESRI report. He writes: "The authors simply assert that more austerity now …
TASC presentation on the Minimum Wage
21/07/2010
The Minimum Wage presentation given by TASC yesterday to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment is now available for …
Property Tax (Capital v Income)
Nat O'Connor 19/07/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Minister for Finance has rightly pointed out that any property tax - a tax on capital - must still be paid out of income (Irish …
FEPS / TASC Seminar on 'Stimulating Recovery'
10/06/2010
Speakers at a seminar organised by TASC and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) today emphasised the need for an investment …
TASC launches 'Failed Design? Ireland's Finance Acts and their Role in the Crisis'
05/05/2010
This morning, TASC launched Failed Design? Ireland's Finance Acts and their Role in the Crisis. The accompanying press statement is available here. …
Bankers and inequality
Paul Sweeney 21/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: New research from the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performances shows that in the decade from 1998, the top 10 per cent of workers in …
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Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O’Connor is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD, a fellow of the UCD …
Passerose Mantoy
Passerose Mantoy is the CEO of Chrysalis Community Drug Project, a community-based drug …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …