Category: Labour market
Falling prices and low-income households
12/02/2010
"Price deflation for low income families will be experienced at the lower rate of 2.2% and will do little to compensate for the real drop in incomes …
A disastrous approach to disaster capitalism
Colm O'Doherty 09/02/2010
Colm O'Doherty: The captivation of our Fianna Fail-led government by the Milton Friedman /Chicago School policy trinity of privatization, government …
Taxbreak hotels
Sinéad Pentony 02/02/2010
Sinéad Pentony: The report by Peter Bacon on the Irish Hotel Industry highlights the sorry state of the industry, which has been insolvent since …
Guest post by Michelle O'Sullivan: Minimum wage regulation
Michelle O'Sullivan 01/02/2010
Michelle O'Sullivan: Last week the Tánaiste, Mary Coughlan, announced that legislation will be introduced allowing employers to claim an inability …
There are smarter ways to economic recovery
Stephen Kinsella 29/01/2010
Stephen Kinsella: The smart economy is a nice idea, perhaps even a good idea. But like most nice ideas, when exposed to reality, the smart economy …
Will the recession increase trade union density?
Rory O'Farrell 26/01/2010
Rory O'Farrell: On Monday, 25th January, the Irish Times published an article detailing how in 2007 Irish trade union density has continued its …
Multinationals and Cheap Labour: Myths and Facts
Proinnsias Breathnach 22/01/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: The extraordinarily blinkered and simplistic preoccupation of Irish economists with labour costs was once again in evidence in …
Reduced costs are not the route to export competitiveness
Proinnsias Breathnach 11/01/2010
Proinnsias Breathnach: I sent the following to the Irish Times in early December but it wasn't published: The ability to penetrate export markets is …
Finding facts in Fantasy Land
Michael Taft 03/01/2010
Michael Taft: One of my New Year’s resolutions was to spend less time on countering the arguments of the orthodoxy and develop positive analysis …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …