Category: Investment
There is an alternative and we have choices
Tom Healy 27/03/2012
Tom Healy: Today the Nevin Economic Research Institute is being launched. The website www.NERInstitute.net contains information about the new …
Government spending policy is deepening the crisis
Michael Burke 23/03/2012
Michael Burke: The latest national accounts data are worse than they look. The headlines have been about a ‘technical return’ to recession with …
As 'austerity' isn't working, what's the alternative?
Michael Burke 27/02/2012
Michael Burke: Tom Healey has made some very good points in debunking the myth that ‘austerity’ is working. In general the EU governments that …
The false economy of selling state assets to fund job creation
Sinéad Pentony 22/02/2012
Sinéad Pentony: Today’s announcement provides us with some more details on the government’s thinking in relation to the role of state assets in …
There is an alternative
Tom Healy 27/01/2012
Tom Healy: A copy of a paper I gave at the Dublin Economics Workshop today is available here. The conference provides an opportunity for a large …
Time for Plan B
Nat O'Connor 20/01/2012
Nat O'Connor: Austerity policies are not working. I was one of 59 signatories of a letter in today's Irish Times calling for Plan B. Plan B must …
Stiglitz and Job Creation
Nat O'Connor 04/01/2012
Nat O'Connor: Joseph Stiglitz has an interesting three-page article in Vanity Fair where he reassesses the causes of, and therefore necessary …
There's loads of money left
Michael Burke 15/12/2011
Michael Burke: The FT’s Martin Wolf has an interesting piece in yesterday's paper. He discusses the latest EU summit and highlights the …
A new deal is required
Tom McDonnell 01/12/2011
Tom McDonnell: On Monday and Tuesday we will be treated to the latest instalments of the austerity show. While the structural deficit does need to be …
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