Notes on the Front

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

Month: November 2018

  • Looking Under the Hood of the Jobs Bonanza

    Since the crash bottomed out in 2012, employment growth has been substantial – 377,000 according to the CSO.  This is a strong performance by any standard.  But there is some…


  • One Graph for a New Model

    Is there an argument for a new housing market model?   The data from the CSO and Eurostat shows that between 1997 and 2016: Average wages grew by 86 percent…


  • Breaking the Consensus on Multi-national Taxation

    Deputy Brendan Howlin made a surprising announcement during his leader’s speech to the Labour Party conference last weekend:  Labour will support the EU’s digital services tax.   Labour is the first…


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