Notes on the Front

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

Month: May 2020

  • From Each Business According to Its Ability . . .

    It is commonly asserted that we will have to be innovative, coming up with new solutions to the unprecedented challenges we face.  Of course.  The Financial Times’ Martin Sandbu has…


  • Raising Tax Revenues and Raising Taxes

    The Sunday Independent headline was certainly dramatic: ‘Reality bites: Watchdog warns on tax hikes and pension age as recession kicks in’ The article featured comments by the Chairperson of the…


  • Agents of Recovery

    The low-paid, the precarious worker, the gig worker and temporary agency worker, the under-employed, the undocumented and the marginalised in the labour market:  these are the women and men we…


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