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.
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 …
Ireland’s New Capital Investment Plan and its New Industrial Strategy
Paul Sweeney 19/02/2017
A major speech made by the Taoiseach last Thursday 16th February on proposed changes in Irish economic policy was lost in the chatter about his …
Airbnb: Sharing, Disrupting or Predator?
Paul Sweeney 13/02/2017
Airbnb argues that “Airbnb and our community are part of the new Collaborative or Sharing Economy, a movement that enables people to access new …
If Apple won’t pay tax what hope is there for civilisation?
Paul Sweeney 04/02/2017
Multinationals owe responsibility to a wider group than their shareholders. As the Apple tax case moves towards the European Union courts, €13 …
Brexit: What does Teresa May’s veiled Brexit threat really mean?
Paul Sweeney 18/01/2017
Brexit is a slow train crash. Most damage will be done to Britain, but some damage will be done to the European project and to the other European 27 …
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