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Monthly Archives: August 2012
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2137681
I have recently completed a short research paper on this issue, with my colleague Michael Dowling. Here is a video discussing it and the paper itself can be found here on SSRN
Should we cut longterm unemployment payments?
There is some comment today in the newspapers on an EU commission report which states, inter alia, that welfare rates should be cut in the forthcoming budget. They state in a draft report (which doesn’t seem to be publicly available) … Continue reading
Does Marc Coleman know what the Fiscal Council DOES? Seems not….
Normally I don’t really worry too much about what right wing polmecists say but when its both full of errors and given a national platform then I think we all need to be concerned. The latest opinion piece by Marc … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Bank, economy, hyperbole, journalist, polemics, politics
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Taxes, Land and Wealth
This is an expanded version of a column published in the Irish Examiner 25 August 2012. One of the defining characteristics of Irish governance is the inability to make decision based on evidence. All to often we substitute evidence-based policy, … Continue reading
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Tagged business, democracy, economy, household charge, ireland, land tax, politics, property, site tax, tax
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A journal editor seeks your views…
So, I today signed off on the agreement to be the new editor of another Elsevier journal, International Review. Of Financial Analysis (IRFA). It's a pretty decent journal, ranked in the top 40 by a recent study; it was ranked … Continue reading
Ireland is not in Europe..
This is an expanded and updated version of an opinion piece published in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 4 August 2011. National Culture is a funny fuzzy concept. Anyone who has ever dealt across different societies knows that cultures and … Continue reading
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Tagged banks, business, cris, crisis, culture, Distance, ECB, economics, economy, euro, Europe, Hypocrisy, Israel, Mitt Romney, Palestine, Palestinians
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