Notes on the Front

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

Month: May 2023

  • Most Middle-Income Earners Won’t Benefit

    The Taoiseach is making a big play for ‘middle Ireland’.  In an interview with the Irish Times he stated: ‘. . . our basis for participation in this Government is…


  • The Current Cost-of-Living Crisis is Not Temporary

    The background noise in the public debate is that since inflation is ‘easing off’, prices should start coming down. We have heard this in the coverage over the meeting between…


  • Searching for Profits

    There is a growing debate over why prices are so high, why prices aren’t falling, what is driving prices.  Conor Pope has another instalment in his series on price outrages. …


  • What the President Said

    The President, Michael D. Higgins, has upset some economists.  According to a front-page Business Post article entitled ‘Economists round on President over ‘lazy’ and ‘uniformed spiel’:  “Economists have rounded on…


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