Notes on the Front

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

Month: July 2014

  • Break Time

    Will be away unti late August.  To all readers, have a happy summer break.


  • What is Wrong with Irish Business?

    IBEC’s pre-budget submission is a tour de force.  In the name of ending austerity it calls for  . . . more austerity; namely, reducing public expenditure in real terms.  This…


  • Stag-covery

    Stag-covery (n): a situation where statistical recovery occurs within a persistent economic stagnation   The CSO’s new release shows a statistical recovery and a stagnant economy – a state of…


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