Commentators are increasingly turning to the subject of public sector pay – in large part, to warn against pay increases or increased employment. In some cases history is being re-written. …
In 2017 the Finnish Government launched a two-year experiment in Universal Basic Income (UBI). 2,000 unemployed people were selected at random and paid an unconditional €560 per month (though, in…
With all the commentary understandably focused on a ‘hard border’ it is easy to forget that even in a soft Brexit, with a satisfactory outcome to the border, the hit…
Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU