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Category: Inequality

'Principle of revenue neutrality' proves Government's lack of vision

Mary Murphy 11/09/2009

Mary Murphy: The average percentage of GDP spent on social protection in the EU-15 is 27.5% (Eurostat, 2007) . The Irish rate of 18.2% compares badly …

Diary date: Towards a Progressive Economics conference, October 10th

10/09/2009

TASC will be organising an economics conference on October 10th (Saturday) in DCU School of Business. Entitled Towards a Progressive Economics, the …

The economic benefits of immigration

Slí Eile 10/09/2009

Sli Eile: While not seeking to open a debate on the Lisbon Treaty in this post, I feel obliged to comment on a claim made by a certain organisation …

Social Justice Ireland launched

Slí Eile 06/09/2009

Slí Eile: Social Justice Ireland has been launched. See its new website.

Voluntary activity and active citizenship: latest CSO figures

Colm O'Doherty 02/08/2009

Colm O'Doherty: The 'message' that Irish Times Social Affairs Correspondent Carl O’Brien has taken from the recent CSO Report on Community …

We deserve it

Michael Taft 02/08/2009

Michael Taft: Just to ensure that everyone knows why we must all share the pain coming down the line, Cathal O’Loughlin (writing in today's Sunday …

Pensions

27/07/2009

According to the Sunday Business Post yesterday, the Commission on Taxation may propose introducing a common rate for pension tax relief of around 30 …

Why wage cuts are not a good thing

23/07/2009

This post was written by Professor Terrence McDonough of the Department of Economics in NUIG in May. Given the current debate on pay levels (whether …

Sarah Carey looks at economic inequality

22/07/2009

Sarah Carey has been mentioned in dispatches on PE before but, leaving aside her slightly problematical historical analysis, today she’s on the …

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