Notes on the Front

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

Month: November 2014

  • Trailing Behind Europe in Employment Growth

    Here’s a quick post:  Had an interesting and informative twitter exchange with Tom Healy, Director of the Nevin Economic Research Institute and Dan O’Brien from the Sunday Independent on foot…


  • Make the Economy Better – Abolish Zero-Hour Contracts

    Minister Ged Nash launched an investigation into the extent of zero and low-hour contracts in the labour market.  This is most welcome – we need this information which is not…


  • The Government U-turns itself into a Home Tax

    Let’s recap.  The Government has been forced to: Stop Irish Water’s access to PPS numbers Provide certainty to household payments Reverse the sanction of reducing water flow to a trickle…


  • The Government Should now Come Clean on Water Charges

    I admit I can’t let this issue go but such is the misrepresentation, partial information and deliberate obfuscation being put out in the debate that it goes beyond a narrow…


  • Low Corporation Tax Rates for Do Not Boost Growth

    This is a guest post by Michael Burke.  Michael works as an economic consultant. He was previously senior international economist with Citibank in London. He blogs regularly at Socialist Economic…


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