Notes on the Front

Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU

Month: March 2007

  • Electric Surrealism

    Keep these two numbers in mind: 37% and 67%. The Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union published a comprehensive analysis of the electricity market and, in particular, the reasons behind…


  • Shanghai Sneezes

    First, the military mucked up the English language. What used to be called ‘retreat’ is now called ‘retrograde motion’. And what used to be called destroying is now called saving…


  • A Tale of Two (Right-Wing) Economists

    One of the first equations one learns in logic class is that A is not B is not C.  For instance, right-wing economists are fairly united on a number of…


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