Notes on the Front

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

Month: June 2012

  • Splashing the Water

    First there was Claiming our Future with its bold but common-sensical proposals to promote growth and equity in the economy.  Now we have the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) laying…

  • Claiming a Better Future

    Over the last four years we’ve heard the same mantra repeated on a daily basis:  there is no alternative.  Claiming our Future (CoF) challenges that dismal chant with the launch…

  • The ESRI Paper – Now You See It, Now You Don’t

    Well, that was peculiar.  An ESRI working paper that estimated the cost of going to work was published made the top story on RTE Six One news and then was…

  • DIY Constitutional Convention

    The Government is bringing forward proposals for a constitutional convention.  Dr. Conor O’Mahony of UCC calls it a ‘charade’.  It might be that.  It certainly is irrelevant.  With unemployment and…

  • The Tide is Rising, the Boat is Leaking

    After one year in office we can now see how the Government has fared with unemployment.  The data is not encouraging at all.  Since the 1st quarter of 2011, when…

  • Down Down Down We Go

    The debate is falling even deeper down the rabbit-hole.  We’ve been promised a bank-debt deal (if only the ECB and the German Christian Democrats, CDU, would play in our sandbox)…

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