#Budget2013

Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012

Nat O'Connor: As the new era of budget transparency dawns (or should that be New Era?), the Government's official information service …

Revolt of the Rich

Nat O'Connor 08/10/2012

Nat O'Connor: A concern with the "predatory super-rich" as the new secessionists in the USA is very clearly articulated in this article ('Revolt of …

Choices Around Cutting Child Benefit

Nat O'Connor 02/10/2012

Nat O'Connor: Despite the helpful reminder from Joseph Stiglitz that "Austerity has almost never worked", the Government has decided to cut further …

Local Government Fostering Job Creation

Nat O'Connor 21/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: The County and City Managers Association (CCMA), the umbrella group of the local authority head managers, has published a study showing …

Budget Transparency Reduced by Oireachtas Website Changes

Nat O'Connor 20/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: Public access to the official record of Oireachtas debates has been diminished by the bizarre decision of the Oireachtas website to …

FEPS vacancy: economist

Nat O'Connor 18/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: FEPS (the Foundation for European Progressive Studies) is advertising the important post of Economic Policy Advisor. More details here: …

German Call for EU Programme of Investment

Nat O'Connor 06/09/2012

Nat O'Connor: The major German social democratic foundation (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) has circulated a cogent 24-page analysis outlining the case …

Nat O'Connor 13/08/2012

Nat O'Connor: Three German economists and philosophers (Peter Bofinger, Juergen Habermas and Julian Nida-Ruemelin) have released a major statement to …

The Art of Tax Dodging and the Science of Economic Inequality

Nat O'Connor 30/07/2012

Nat O'Connor: The topic of economic inequality is (rightly) high on the news agenda in recent months. A recent report from the UK Tax Justice Network …