Professor Terry McDonagh made an interesting point at the recent TASC conference when he pointed out, using the US experience during the Great Depression, that a statistical end to economic…

Sometimes, something happens that takes your breath away. The chain store Boots is engaged in a deplorable assault on their employees’ wages and working conditions – employees who are some…

Such is the success of the National Treasury Management Agency, it has created a new economic and fiscal pitch for us – one that progressives should now seriously consider playing…

‘Minister Lenihan) warned the cuts proposed by An Bord Snip Nua would be a picnic compared to what future governments would have to implement.’ As we are all frog-marched down…

Over the next few days there will be considerable analysis of the ESRI’s current quarterly review. I’d like to highlight just one projection – the rising annual deficit. There are…

Some arguments I just don’t get. For instance, if I were an owner or manager of an enterprise that sold goods and services into the domestic economy (that’s most enterprises)…

David Begg’s suggestion that the target date for returning the Irish budget to Maastricht compliance (that is, bring the annual deficit to below -3% of GDP) be postponed for four…

Imagine you’re walking a high-wire. You’re nearly at the end of line. You’re doing everything possible not to fall – balancing with your arms, moving snail-like, praying; the last thing…