Category: Inequality
Effective tax rates in Ireland
Proinnsias Breathnach 11/01/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: I sent the following letter to the Irish Times in early December, but like my article on competitiveness, it failed to make it …
Budget 2010: landlords 1, SW recipients nil
16/12/2009
in 2010, the savings made by cutting Social Welfare will be almost exactly the same as the spend on tax breaks for landlords (SW saving = €809 …
'Unfair, unjust Budget fails the vulnerable, damages the economy'
Slí Eile 13/12/2009
Slí Eile: In an excellent and hard-hitting analysis and critique of Budget 2010 (the Irish one) by Social Justice Ireland (formerly CORI Justice) …
Social Justice Conference on Measuring Well-being
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland hosted a conference on measuring well-being (Beyond GDP: What is progress and how should it be measured?). All the …
Defend the poor and the marginalised
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: Even when Ireland recently enjoyed the status of being the sixth wealthiest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita it was not, …
Rebuilding Trust: Priority Number One
Slí Eile 18/11/2009
Slí Eile: There is an urgent and unavoidable need to generate hope at this time. In a previous blog here, there is a series of principles which need …
John Baker on The Spirit Level
09/11/2009
John Baker of UCD's School of Social Justice has just posted an illuminating review of Wilkinson & Pickett's recent book, The Spirit Level: Why …
Scaring us into greater inequality
James Wickham 09/11/2009
James Wickham: In a recent article in the Irish Times (4 November) Philip Lane warned that higher levels of income taxation could restrict Ireland's …
Wanted: an Economic Policy Analyst
06/11/2009
TASC is recruiting an Economic Policy Analyst. The successful candidate will be responsible for researching, analysing and advising on public policy …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …