Posts by Paul Sweeney
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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.
China: (I) - Investment Strategy and lessons for Ireland
Paul Sweeney 11/07/2010
Paul Sweeney: When the Chinese state becomes one of the biggest shareholders in Guinness’ parent, and Volvo is bought by an obscure Chinese …
FT voices
Paul Sweeney 17/06/2010
Paul Sweeney: Following on from Michael Burke's link to Krugman on Tuesday, yesterday Martin Wolf of the Financial Times was quite unequivocal on the …
Toxic Town? Financial Times on Ireland
Paul Sweeney 16/05/2010
Paul Sweeney: This weekend’s Financial Times magazine has a six page feature on Ireland called “Toxic Town”. It is worth a read on how we have …
EU Commission forecast
Paul Sweeney 07/05/2010
Paul Sweeney: The European Commission today published its economic forecast for the European Economy including the Eurozone members (different colour …
Ireland is in top 10 Exporters of Services in 2009
Paul Sweeney 05/05/2010
Paul Sweeney: Last year saw huge collapses in economies all over the world and a massive fall in trade. China overtook Germany as the world’s …
Thinking of emigrating? Where there is growth and, maybe, jobs?
Paul Sweeney 27/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: This map of the world comes courtesy of the IMF. Hover over any country and it will give the IMF’s projection for economic growth in …
Bankers and inequality
Paul Sweeney 21/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: New research from the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performances shows that in the decade from 1998, the top 10 per cent of workers in …
Volcanoes and economics
Paul Sweeney 17/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: We may have harnessed nature, but the last few days flight cancellations in Europe demonstrate that nature can assert itself very …
ESRI commentary
Paul Sweeney 14/04/2010
Paul Sweeney: In his latest book, “Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy,” Joseph Stiglitz slams the Irish …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …