Category: Inequality
Is Inequality Entrenched Forever?
Paul Sweeney 12/12/2016
Will the poor be always with us, as the Bible warned? Comparing the family wealth to those with the same surname today, a new study suggests that the …
A Progressive Development (growth) Policy for Europe
Paul Sweeney 29/11/2016
Did you know that last year 22.9 million people in the EU were unemployed, of which, a staggering 10.9 million people were long-term unemployed. At …
Is an Irish Trump possible?
Rory Hearne 25/11/2016
Trump’s election should make us reflect about our own national and regional economic and political situations and contexts. Trump’s success has …
The Divide Documentary
Nat O'Connor 14/11/2016
The Divide is a 2015 documentary, based on the The Spirit Level. I held a public screening and discussion of the film as part of the ESRC Festival of …
The Massive Impact of Driverless Cars, Blog 1.
Paul Sweeney 20/10/2016
Paul Sweeney: A few weeks ago, Uber introduced the first driverless cars on the road: a self-driving taxi fleet in Pittsburgh. Uber, partnered with …
The difference a welfare state makes
James Wickham 13/10/2016
James Wickham: Two charts that tell very different stories about inequality in Ireland today… Both charts show the Gini coefficient of income …
Despite recovery, Ireland remains a hugely unequal society
Rory Hearne 24/08/2016
Rory Hearne: The fact that the number of homeless children in the capital exceeds 2,000 for the first time since current records began is further …
Women’s unpaid care is pivotal factor in gendered economic inequalities
Ursula Barry, Maggie Feeley 15/08/2016
Dr Ursula Barry and Dr Maggie Feeley: Despite the issue of gender inequalities being well-aired in the past decades, current evidence shows that …
The “Sharing” Economy is based on a Fissured Workplace
Paul Sweeney 10/08/2016
Paul Sweeney: Uber and Airbnb are not the Sharing Economy. Instead, they represent a rapid increase in the “Fissured Workplace”. This …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …