Tagged with: public spending
A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
Nat O'Connor 10/03/2026
In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation. Its argument in favour of progressive alternatives to reducing public services through tax cuts remains as salient as ever, and it is an appropriate topic to revisit on the 25th anniversary of TASC. The context has changed, but Ireland’s tax system is still unstable and unsustainable, despite …
Good News on the Economy from Europe but a Warning?
Paul Sweeney 27/04/2017
There is some good news on the Irish economy from Eurostat. But hidden in the text is a warning to another member state, Luxembourg, that may …
Choices Around Cutting Child Benefit
Nat O'Connor 02/10/2012
Nat O'Connor: Despite the helpful reminder from Joseph Stiglitz that "Austerity has almost never worked", the Government has decided to cut further …
Fine Gael's 3:1 Ratio
Nat O'Connor 19/10/2010
Nat O'Connor: Fine Gael has given some useful clarity on their fiscal policy position with the declaration that they would seek €1 billion in tax …
Debating on the Titanic
Michael Taft 20/09/2010
Michael Taft: The confusion between fiscal contraction (i.e. public spending cuts) and reducing the fiscal deficit continues apace. On Morning …
Where should we be spending?
Tom McDonnell 04/08/2010
Tom McDonnell: The current economic crisis has centred attention, in some parts, on the affordability of the current levels of public spending in …
Out of the traps and into the abyss
Michael Burke 20/07/2010
Michael Burke: A piece in today's Guardian reports on the downgrade by Moody's, and expresses some surprise that there wasn't much of a reaction in …
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Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
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Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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