Notes on the Front

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

Month: November 2019

  • Closing the Gaps

    The CSO has published new data that will greatly assist in analysing wage trends.  Here I just want to focus on a small selection of the data provided in Earnings…


  • Dog Whistling the Data

    Deputy Noel Grealish has raised what he considers concerns over the level of remittances sent abroad, using terms like ‘staggering’ and ‘astronomical’.  He specifically referred to Nigeria.  During Leaders’ Questions…


  • It’s Not the Tax – It’s the Social Insurance

    In last week’s blog I argued that, while increasing taxation on the rich was desirable, it would not be enough to raise tax revenue to the level of our EU…


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