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Economists on Ireland's export performance - more sad stories
Proinnsias Breathnach 16/02/2011
Proinnsias Breathnach: One thing that has always struck me about Irish economists is that, despite the importance of foreign direct investment and international trade to Ireland’s economy, they actually know very little about the activities of the transnational firms in question, or the structure of Ireland’s foreign trade and, above all, …
A code of ethics for economists?
Paul Sweeney 25/01/2011
Paul Sweeney: The failings of the economics profession in predicting the Crash of 2008 have been a widely commented upon and criticised. One of the …
Meanwhile, elsewhere ....
19/10/2010
In the UK, the Progressive Economics Alternatives Coalition has published a pamphlet, 'Challenging the Cuts Consensus', with articles from a range of …
Airbrushing in
Michael Taft 23/08/2010
Michael Taft: Here is an antidote to recent attempts to airbrush out of the economic debate anyone who doesn’t follow the line. An Irish Times …
Evolution ... and economists
29/07/2010
The following is the text of a letter from Terry McDonough carried in today's Irish Times: Michael Casey, reviewing The Company of Strangers: A …
Why (Irish) economists' eyes are smiling
James Wickham 07/10/2009
James Wickham: There’s a curious paradox about economists in Ireland today. In the middle of the financial crisis, the public standing of …
The Fetishists of Farmleigh
Colm O'Doherty 22/09/2009
Colm O'Doherty: The conceit at the heart of the Global Economic Forum at Farmleigh was that it lacked the will and resolve to make any alternative to …
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