Posts by Paul Sweeney
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a member of the Economic Committee of the ETUC and chair of TASC’s Economists’ Network. He was a President of the Statistical and Social Enquiry Society of Ireland, 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.
Time to Break Up the Monopolies
Paul Sweeney 26/05/2017
A major reform which helped saved capitalism from collapse was regular decisions to break-up trusts or large companies. The 1890 Sherman Antitrust …
IMF Study of Downward Share of Labour Income is Recognition of the Major Economic Issue of our Time
Paul Sweeney 15/05/2017
A new IMF study of the downward share of labour income is some more recognition by the elite of a major economic and social issue of our time. With …
Good News on the Economy from Europe but a Warning?
Paul Sweeney 27/04/2017
There is some good news on the Irish economy from Eurostat. But hidden in the text is a warning to another member state, Luxembourg, that may …
There is no “value for money” in giving away public assets for nothing
Paul Sweeney 23/04/2017
The Minister for Health Simon Harris insists that “his ‘golden share’ in the new €300 million State-funded national maternity hospital means …
Policing Costs €1.6bn in 2017
Paul Sweeney 04/04/2017
With the many controversies around the very poor management of the Guards, it is worth seeing what the Irish policing service costs . This cost is of …
The Daniel O'Donnell Income Effect
Paul Sweeney 23/03/2017
They say if Daniel O’Donnell left Donegal, the average income in the county would fall. It is still low even with Daniel living there. Average …
Beacon South Quarter crisis reflects the worst of Turbo Capitalism
Paul Sweeney 16/03/2017
De-regulation, privatisation, outsourcing, low taxes, bad housing policy, speculation, regressive tax policy, and poor public services reflect turbo …
Time to make AIB an Irish citizens' bank
Paul Sweeney 13/03/2017
The Government strategy for privatising AIB has focused solely on the art of the deal – the price, how much to sell, and when to sell our 99 per …
Bill Gates Proposes a Tax on Robots
Paul Sweeney 22/02/2017
There has been a lot of media discussion recently about the increasing possibility of robots displacing workers. When Bill Gates, founder of …
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