Posts by Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney @paulsweeneyman
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a President of the Statistical and Social Enquiry Society of Ireland, former member of the Economic Committee of the ETUC, a member of the National Competitiveness Council of Ireland, the National Statistics Board, the ESB, TUAC, (advisor to OECD) and several other bodies. He has written three books on the Irish economy and two on public enterprise, including The Celtic Tiger; Ireland’s Economic Miracle Explained and Selling Out: Privatisation in Ireland, chapters in other books and many articles on economics.
Budget 2011: biggest fiscal consolidation ever
Paul Sweeney 08/12/2010
Paul Sweeney: The 2011 Budget is the biggest fiscal consolidation imposed by any government in the developed world since the Second World War. It …
ICTU's Pre-Budget submission
Paul Sweeney 03/11/2010
Paul Sweeney: Congress has warned that a continuation of the current austerity programme could literally destroy the Irish economy and kill off any …
Burn ALL the bank bondholders
Paul Sweeney 02/11/2010
Paul Sweeney: The Irish government’s cap-doffing attitude to the speculators who lent money to the reckless bosses of Anglo Irish Bank and the …
... and more from abroad
Paul Sweeney 22/09/2010
Paul Sweeney:The penny is dropping with a crash on the failure of the Government’s deflationary policies – everywhere but in Ireland. Today’s …
A case study in manipulation
Paul Sweeney 13/09/2010
Paul Sweeney: This superb, well researched article in the New Yorker by Jane Mayer is a must read for anyone interested in how world politics are …
'Pluck' and reckless banks
Paul Sweeney 01/09/2010
Paul Sweeney: Regular Progressive Economy blogger on Finance, Dr Jim Stewart, has a letter in today’s Financial Times - co-authored by his TCD …
China (IV) - China and Western Economics
Paul Sweeney 11/08/2010
Paul Sweeney: Western economists believe that their model is superior because it is supposedly market-led, has better technology, better social …
China (III) - Beijing's scramble for Africa
Paul Sweeney 30/07/2010
Paul Sweeney: This is the third of four (maybe five) posts on China. The first examined Chinese investment and the second FDI in China and its impact …
China (II) - Investment in China
Paul Sweeney 18/07/2010
Paul Sweeney: Many thanks to all those who commented on the first post. A few responses are made by me on that post for those who are interested. …
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