Notes on the Front

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

Month: January 2016

  • Clogging up the Trickle Down

    The economy is in strong growth, but if polls are anything to go by most people are not feeling the breeze. ‘While people broadly accept that the country is better…


  • So How’s the ol’ 1 Percent Getting On?

    The 1-percenters are back in the news with the Oxfam study showing that the world’s richest 1 percent owns more wealth than all the rest of the planet put together.…


  • Lower Your Expectations – the Recovery is Settling In

    Remember at the beginning of the recession when we had all those letters to represent the likely course of the economy. There was the V-shape to represent severe decline followed…


  • “Wants” A US-style Taxation System?

    The Taoiseach says he wants a US-style tax system. What does he think we have already? Here’s what the EU Ameco database tells us. Ireland data from 2015 comes from…


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