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.
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 …
#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 …
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