Category: Technology
Ireland Must Find its Voice in Protecting Global Privacy
Tyler West 27/05/2018
The revelation that Cambridge Analytica was able to secretly obtain millions of Facebook users’ data to assist Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is only the latest example in a string of headlines that have exposed the questionable privacy practices of social media companies. For an industry that has collected the personal information of …
Time to Break Up the Monopolies
Paul Sweeney 26/05/2017
A major reform which helped saved capitalism from collapse was regular decisions to break-up trusts or large companies. The 1890 Sherman Antitrust …
Globalisation for Slow Learners
Vic Duggan 06/05/2017
The IMF recently published its updated outlook for the global economy. The good news is that recovery from the crisis seems to be finally picking up …
Bill Gates Proposes a Tax on Robots
Paul Sweeney 22/02/2017
There has been a lot of media discussion recently about the increasing possibility of robots displacing workers. When Bill Gates, founder of …
The Impact of Driverless Cars: Blog 2
Paul Sweeney 24/10/2016
Paul Sweeney: In the last blog, it was forecast that driverless cars will be in mass production and in use in less than ten years. In this Blog, I …
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 …
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Nat O'Connor
Nat O’Connor is a member of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences (IRiSS) and a …
James Stewart
Dr James Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a …