Posts by Dr Nat O'Connor
Dr Nat O'Connor @natpolicy
Dr Nat O’Connor is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD, a fellow of the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy and former Director of TASC. Nat also previously worked at Age Action, the Labour Party, Ulster University and the Homeless Agency. You can find him on LinkedIn (natoconnor) and TwitterX @natpolicy.
Ireland at the Core of Apple's Tax Avoidance Strategy
Nat O'Connor 21/05/2013
Nat O'Connor: Apple is the latest big global company in the spotlight about its tax affairs and Ireland is named and shamed as assisting the tech …
'Social Security for All'
Nat O'Connor 04/04/2013
Nat O'Connor: Compass in the UK have produced a short briefing document entitled 'Social Security for All' as a way of (re)making the case for the …
Martin Wolf
Nat O'Connor 27/02/2013
Nat O'Connor: Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, was in Dublin yesterday, to deliver a talk to the TCD Phil society. …
ILO Global Wage Report 2012/13
Nat O'Connor 18/02/2013
Nat O'Connor: There is a lot of interesting data in the latest ILO report focusing on the declining wage share of labour, and on static or falling …
The €64 Billion Question
Nat O'Connor 05/02/2013
Nat O'Connor: In 1955, the $64,000 Question was a 'big money' quiz in the early days of American TV (Wikipedia). Six decades later Ireland's bank …
TASC's more detailed response to Budget 2013
Nat O'Connor 11/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: TASC's more detailed response to Budget 2013 is here.
TASC's initial response to Budget 2013
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: TASC's initial response to Budget 2013 is as follows. (PDF available here). Lost opportunity to provide a pathway to an equitable …
Lessons from the UK
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, gave his Autumn Statement early this afternoon, as the UK too examines its debt …
The deficit and debt repayments
Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012
Nat O'Connor: The brief ten pages of the 2013 Estimates include the stark reminder of just why the Government is set on €3.5 billion of tax …
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