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The road to recovery: different responses

01/04/2009

There has been, recently, a plethora of reports on the economy in Ireland ranging from the Government publication 'Building Ireland's Smart Economy' …

What about R&D policy?

Peadar Kirby 26/03/2009

Peadar Kirby: Amid all the focus on the flood of different reports on the Irish economy, and the battle between the slash and burn brigade and the …

Getting ideological

Paula Clancy 20/03/2009

Paula Clancy: David Quinn is right about one thing: we do need to start asking ourselves what kind of society we want when we come out of the current …

Who’s for some expansionary fiscal contraction?

Peter Connell 10/03/2009

Peter Connell: The mini-budget that we can look forward to in three weeks time will, I’m sure we’ll be told, ‘constitute a necessary first step …

Liberal Policy Choices to Blame for the Crisis

Sean Ó Riain 02/03/2009

Sean O Riain: The dishonesty and incompetence of individuals in charge of running and regulating our financial system has been spectacular. However, …

Meanwhile, in America ....

28/02/2009

Check out Paul Krugman's blog for a progressive perspective on what's happening in the United States.

Revealing assumptions of former senior civil servant

Peadar Kirby 25/02/2009

Peadar Kirby: The article by Cathal O'Loghlin in today's Irish Times headlined 'Union response to public sector levy fails to find a better way' is …

Paying twice for public service pensions

Gerard Hughes 22/02/2009

Gerard Hughes: The Government argues that the pension levy is justified because public service pensions are significantly more favourable than the …

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