Notes on the Front

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

Month: September 2007

  • Salsa for Slow Learners

    With Michael Moore’s new film, Sicko, coming to cinemas here soon, we are sure to get comparisons between the American and Irish health care systems – which are moving closer…


  • A Clean Slate

    Is anyone really surprised? Imagine: there are some wealthy people using loopholes to reduce their tax liability. Did you ever think it would come to this? The Revenue Commissioners’ recent…


  • Game Over, Game Over

    Read through Enterprise-Ireland’s Annual Reports and you might think that everything’s all right on the native enterprise front. Exports are increasing, new companies are coming on stream while current companies…


  • C’mon Ye Know-Nothings

    ‘ . . . some people are saying that the economy is ruined.  Anyone who says that knows nothing about nothing.’ Thus, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern responding to the growing concerns…


  • Chess and the Corporate Tax Rate

    Wherever two or more are gathered in the name of the Left, the conversation will eventually turn to the corporate tax rate. This is understandable. Tesco, Burger King and property…


  • Red Tape and Seeing Red

    ‘The tide of regulation had gone too far. The increasing burden of regulation is  threatening the entrepreneurial zeal that had made the Irish economy the envy of the world. It…


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