Give everyone €75 a week. All adults regardless of whether they are in employment not, regardless of their income, irrespective of their household circumstances. This is the pathway to a…
We are getting a lot of frighten-the-horses commentary about our debt: ‘mountain of debt’, €42,000 of debt per every man, woman and child; one commentator referred to our debt as…
Wage inequality in Ireland is high and rising. The following charts the gap between the highest and lowest wage earners (the top and bottom 10 percent groups). It is measured…
The Minister for Social Protection, Regina Doherty, wants to guarantee everyone an adequate minimum income. Good. This would entail substantial redistribution to those on the lowest incomes. Fine. Hopefully she…
Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU