Posts by Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney @sweeneyr82
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish political economy and distribution. He has a PhD in economics from University of Leeds, which concentrated on financial markets and investors, banking, international macroeconomics, and housing. He is also interested in debates on alternative schools and methodology in economics, and ownership.
Childcare: time for a new model
Robert Sweeney 31/03/2021
The pandemic has turned life upside down for everyone; people locked up in their apartments and houses, job losses, income losses, furloughs, lost loved ones, and more. All of us still have limited mobility, though some sectors are gradually opening up, such as schools. Among the lessons the crisis has taught us is how dependent we are, as a …
The decline in inequality:
Robert Sweeney 30/11/2020
The latest CSO SILC release makes for some interesting findings. It shows that income inequality has continued to fall. This makes Ireland unusual …
Inequality, equal pay and the care economy
Robert Sweeney 10/11/2020
The distribution of both paid and unpaid care work in society is probably the single, largest factor affecting economic inequalities between men and …
Kickstarting the Economy
Robert Sweeney 01/07/2020
It is no exaggeration to say that the challenges facing the new government are both unprecedented and among the largest in the history of state. As …
Are we all MMTers now?
Robert Sweeney 01/06/2020
The onset of Co-vid 19 has been met with massive intervention by public authorities around the world. Central banks in particular have …
Low Pay in the Time of Covid-19
Robert Sweeney 06/04/2020
If there are any silver linings to the Corona Virus, one of them is that it has brought into focus how reliant we are on low-paid workers. As 23% of …
The Anatomy of a Crisis
Robert Sweeney 30/03/2020
A Look Back at the 2008 Crisis These are unchartered waters. Ireland is now in effective lockdown. As the dust settles on the enormity of the health …
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