Good bloody grief.  ICTU and David McWilliams have teamed up, calling for the nationalisation of the banks.  Harvey Norman wants to slit his throat and wishes he never heard of…

This was originally written for Irish Left Review.  Crisis? It’s baby-crunching time. We no longer have the luxury of attacking others’ prescriptions – those issued by the Government, employers’ spokespersons…

Imagine you are the proverbial 'business owner', selling goods and services in 'the neigbourhood'. Your customer base is deteriorating fast – people losing their jobs, wage freezes and cut, shorter…

Some on the Left are trying to put a brave face on the Irish Times poll today. ‘Consolidating’ support at 14 percent is one rationalisation. Another is that the Labour…

Over at Cedar Lounge Revolution, WBS is trying very hard to follow the logic of Noel Whelan.  He's made a good fist of it but, truly, Noel would exasperate Aristotle.  I've…

How long is this puppy going to bark?  How long is this recession going to last?  Can we look into a crystal ball?  Can we call upon history?  Estimating the…

Finally, a slim ray of light. ‘The problem we have in the public finances is as a result of the fact that the economy is in a recession . .…

Maybe I'm getting paranoid but I can't help feeling that we're being primed to blame the incoming Obama administration if our inflow of foreign investment starts drying up, resulting in…

Mission accomplished!  Unfortunately, the euphoria is short-lived as we return to the dismal news coming out of our own economy: unemployment rising to over 260,000 with the increase in October…

Everybody altogether – let’s help Shane Coleman. In his opinion piece in the Sunday Tribune yesterday Shane took us all to task for being selfish, greedy and indifferent to the…