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Ireland needs to upset the Apple cart on corporate tax
David Jacobson 26/10/2018
Ireland has been subject to a great deal of international criticism about its corporate tax regime. While Irish people might feel defensive about this, there are grounds for at least some of this criticism. Ireland’s low-tax regime has forced other countries to reduce their corporate taxes, leading to a “race to the bottom” in corporate tax …
An Irish Entrepreneurial State’s Success
Paul Sweeney 25/04/2018
In a recent blog, we saw how economist Mariana Mazzucato demonstrated that it was not the hugely profitable and tax-avoiding tech firms which were …
Towards a fair and efficient tax regime
Robert Sweeney 20/04/2018
Successive EU treaties on the one hand, and the ability of the ECB to pull the
Can we learn from the US? DARPA - Public Entrepreneurship in practice?
Paul Sweeney 10/04/2018
We Europeans generally feel superior to Americans, particularly on policies in healthcare, welfare, and the organisation of society. But perhaps …
Corporate Social Responsibility -the first casualty in Apple ‘truth fight’
Colm O'Doherty 17/09/2016
Colm O'Doherty: Viewed through a Corporate Social Responsibility lens the behaviour of the Irish State and Apple does not stand up to scrutiny. …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …