Posts by Dr Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O'Connor @natpolicy
Nat O’Connor is lecturer in social policy in UCD’s School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice and part-time policy specialist at Age Action Ireland. Previously Director of TASC, Nat also led the research team in Dublin’s Homeless Agency.
He has taught politics and social policy since 1999. He has a PhD in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin and a MA in Political Science and Social Policy from the University of Dundee. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), a member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and chairperson of the Irish Social Policy Association (ISPA). You can find him on LinkedIn (natoconnor) and TwitterX @natpolicy
Governments and markets: Time to get serious (OECD article)
Nat O'Connor 09/09/2011
Nat O'Connor: An article in the OECD Observer poses a few useful questions about the role of governments in the economy. The author argues that "we …
Cut Rents not Wages to Save Jobs in Retail
Nat O'Connor 23/06/2011
Nat O'Connor: Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) has released a survey of their members, which they contend shows that abolition of the JLC system would …
Political Reform Starts with Disclosure about Our Economy
Nat O'Connor 03/03/2011
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Examiner reports the not unexpected news that "Negotiators trying to hammer out a Fine Gael/Labour programme for government …
Economic Treason
Nat O'Connor 12/01/2011
Nat O'Connor: Tags like 'Economic Treason' have been liberally applied since the outset of our economic and political crisis. Green Party …
Moneylending
Nat O'Connor 20/12/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Irish Times reports on the €113 million owed to legal moneylenders, who can charge over 180 per cent interest. This is not a new …
Four Truths about the Irish situation (and one possible solution)
Nat O'Connor 17/12/2010
Nat O'Connor: The Government's four-year recovery plan doesn't address the issue of the banks. Without addressing this issue, the credibility of the …
Progressive Austerity?
Nat O'Connor 10/12/2010
Nat O'Connor: There has been a flurry of calculations about the effect of Budget 2011. One technical, but important, point is that our income tax …
Ireland's 'Inability to Pay' 5.8 Percent
Nat O'Connor 01/12/2010
Nat O'Connor: The interest rate on the EFSF loan is to be 5.8 per cent (on average). Can Ireland afford this? Professor Morgan Kelly of UCD wrote an …
Four-Year Plan: Tax Expenditure
Nat O'Connor 26/11/2010
Nat O'Connor: I'm going to call the National Recovery Plan "the four-year plan" because I believe we should encourage the next government to publish …
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