Month: August 2007
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Happy Birthday, Huey
As a child I had a number of heroes. Willie Mays, centerfielder for the New York/San Francisco Giants with that spectacular over-the-shoulder catch, and Linus Van Pelt of Peanuts fame,…
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The Real Thing
Imagine how frustrating it would be if you came up with the formula for Coca-Cola but couldn’t bring it to market. Its as frustrating as listening to Left spokespersons trying…
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Head Holes
I know some breakfast roll men. I meet them every morning at my local newsagent. They’re building workers. They’d be surprised to learn they are one of the most important…
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Sun Tzu, Fianna Fail and The Art of Economics
Fianna Fail certainly read their Sun Tzu. The legendary author of the ancient classic, ‘The Art of War’, stated that To defeat your enemy without fighting is best. Yes, indeed.…
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One Company’s Ceiling is Another Company’s Floor
The arguments and counter-arguments regarding Aer Lingus’s decision to abandon Shannon continue unabated. But one claim is particularly intriguing: that ‘it’s a commercial decision’. In one sense this argument doesn’t…
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The 5:40 Club
Man, it’s hard just to live. Bank of Ireland Private Banking has just produced its second ‘Wealth of the Nation’ report, which is a strange title because really it’s about…
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Fun, Fun, Fun ‘Til Her Daddy Takes Her Calculator Away
We can all have fun in Household Budget Survey land. Conor over at Dublin Opinion has expressed his excitement at delving into 85 pages of dense rows of numbers and…
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Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU
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