Posts by Slí Eile
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The value of public service
Slí Eile 24/09/2009
Slí Eile: In the midst of the shrill debates on public sector workers, their pay, their pensions, their tenure and a host of other matters such as …
Emigration is back - maybe?
Slí Eile 22/09/2009
Slí Eile: Before anyone gets carried away with claims that newcomers are heading home and families are abandoning their homes and schools …latest …
"Beat the recession - pay less tax"
Slí Eile 21/09/2009
Slí Eile: I have heard of calls for beating the recession by spending more, spending less, taxing more, taxing less, doing nothing, doing lots of …
The next 100 days: thinking about risk, trust and ethics
Slí Eile 18/09/2009
Slí Eile: “the citizens of this country are understandably angry about the state of the banks. They are bitterly disappointed by the failure of …
NAMA: Gamble of the Century
Slí Eile 17/09/2009
Slí Eile: Its now N-Day plus one. So, what do we know now that we didn’t know last Tuesday? And what would people outside this island say about …
A lucid account of NAMA
Slí Eile 16/09/2009
Slí Eile: Details of the NAMA arrangement are still sketchy. In a post on irisheconomy Karl Whelan has provided a very clear and concise overview of …
We’re broke (O no we’re not)
Slí Eile 15/09/2009
Slí Eile: This is September 2009. We’re economically broke. Well not quite…The recent Commission on Taxation Report has drawn attention to the …
US economists
Slí Eile 15/09/2009
Slí Eile: Thank goodness for some US economists. 'saltwater economists'. I see Paul Krugman, writing in the New York Times (I notice that NYT has …
Beyond NAMA – seeing a bigger picture
Slí Eile 13/09/2009
Sli Eile: Two television documentaries shown, recently: one called ‘Freefall’ a dramatic story of the current economic climate as it unfolded for …
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