Showing posts with label Irish austerity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish austerity. Show all posts
Monday, December 7, 2015

7/12/15: A new study on psychology of crisis response & the role of the media

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This is a new study developed by an excellent young Irish psychologist - Seamus Power - at the University of Chicago.  All Irish people,...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

23/1/2014: The Age of Great Stagnation: Village Magazine, January 2014

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This is an unedited version of my column in Village  magazine for December 2013-January 2014. With employment rising, property prices on...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

27/10/2013: Financial Repression, Economic Suppression & Budget 2014

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times article for October 20, 2013. With fanfare of media appearances and fireworks of Dail sta...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

17/10/2013: Budget 2014 Missing the Targets: Sunday Times, October 13

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times column from October 13, 2013. Recent events have led to a significant reframing of the ...
Monday, October 7, 2013

7/10/2013: Taking an Easy Road Out of Budget 2014? Sunday Times, September 22

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times column from September 22, 2013. The upcoming Budget 2014 will be one of the toughest sin...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

5/10/2014: Why the News of Budget 2014 'Easing' Is a Daft Idea

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The reports are out about the IMF 'agreeing' to Government taking shallower adjustment in Budget 2014 are so far not based on IMF ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

2/10/2013: Low Tax, Free Market Economy that is Ireland...

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Two stories from 'low tax' 'market economy' marvel that is Ireland: http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/l...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

26/9/2013: Framing Budget 2014: Village Magazine September 2013

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This is an unedited version of my column in the Village Magazine, August-September 2013 With early Budget looming on the horizon, the ci...
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Friday, July 19, 2013

19/7/2013: Ireland: Six Points on Government Spending Stats for Q1 2013

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Four key trends in Irish Government expenditure through Q1 2013 : Chart above shows three aspects of Irish Government spending: Ove...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

16/6/2013: NPRF, Stimulus & Futility of Policy: Sunday Times June 9, 2013

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times article from June 9, 2013. With the coalition mulling over the idea of investment '...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

18/10/2012: ARMs - compounded effects of austerity and banks deleveraging

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As the Irish banks are hiking ARMs, it is worth reminding us as to why this is a bad news for Irish economy: Now, here's the Catc...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

4/10/2012: Investor's Daily: We've been telling you porkies

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In the previous post I tried to make some sense out of the headline numbers from the Exchequer returns through Q3 2012. This time around...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

15/9/2012: A handy IMF map for Budget 2013?

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The elephant in the room (at 9% of GDP or 11% of GNP, with pensions - at 10.6% GDP or 13 of GNP, that's right more than one euro in e...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

7/6/2012: QNHS Q1 2012: Sectoral Decomposition

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In the previous post I covered the top-of-the-line data on QNHS for Q1 2012. This time, lets take a look at some sub-trends by occupation...