Notes on the Front

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

Month: September 2014

  • IBEC’s Myth Debunking is Just Bunk

    IBEC has published a paper entitled ‘Debunking Irish income tax myths’.  At its core it contains misleading, highly selective and ultimately disingenuous arguments.  In short, it is bunk.  Let’s go…


  • Appreciating Facts

    Last night on Prime Time Brendan Burgess, from Ask About Money, stated that high-income earners in Ireland pay more tax than high earners in other countries. ‘We have a very…


  • The Loneliness of a Low-Tax, Low-Wage Economy

    The new Global Competitiveness Report is out.  This is produced by the World Economic Forum (the crowd that occupies Davos once a year).  It purports to rank countries by their…


  • Open Season on Workers (Again)

    The Sunday Business Post ran four stories last weekend- including a front-page banner headline – attacking not only public sector workers’ living standards, but workers in public enterprise as well. …


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