Wednesday, September 25, 2013

25/9/2013: Planning Permissions, Ireland, Q2 2013 and H1 2013

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Q2 data for Planning Permissions Granted in Ireland is out today and on the surface it offers some good news reading. Per CSO: In the sec...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

24/9/2013: Public Health, and Legal v Illegal Drugs...

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In light of the Government push for stricter tobacco regulations while happily cheering the Arthur Day and providing support for the drink ...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

23/9/2013: A summary of changes in the Irish GDP: 1970-2012

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Summary of the changes in Irish GDP composition over 1970-2012 period (all in current market prices terms): I marked in red bold those ...

23/9/2013: Everyone is doing more of the same, alongside German voters

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And here we have it, folks: Germany votes for status quo, markets seem to be voting for the same... Meanwhile, ECB is promising to ...

23/9/2013: Sunday Times 08/09/2013: Irish Demographic Dividend Reversal

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times  article from September 8, 2013. Back in the heady days of the Celtic Tiger, Irish econom...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

22/9/2013: Relative v Absolute Income: What Matters to Our Well-Being?

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A very important paper by Sacks, Daniel W. and Stevenson, Betsey and Wolfers, Justin, The New Stylized Facts About Income and Subjective We...

22/9/2013: WLASze Part 2: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences and Zero Economics

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This the second part of WLASze: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences and zero economics (part 1 is linked here ). Enjoy! Financial crises te...

22/9/2013: Two articles on the Great Recession

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Two recent posts on the Great Recession in the US worth reading: http://www.oftwominds.com/blogaug13/recession-never-ended8-13.html and ...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

21/9/2013: Human Capital & Social Mobility: Capital Tax v Education Spending Reforms

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A new paper Human Capital, Social Mobility and the Skill Premium  (September 18, 2013, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4388. Available at ...
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21/9/2013: WLASze Part 1: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences and Zero Economics

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This is the first post of WLASze: Weekend Links on Arts, Sciences and zero economics for this week. Enjoy and stay tuned for more. Last...
Friday, September 20, 2013

20/9/2013: "Did Capitalism Fail?" by Roman Frydman and Michael D. Goldberg

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Here is an essay that is a must-read, especially if you are my student in TCD or UCD: via @ProSyn: http://www.project-syndicate.org/comme...

20/9/2013: Ireland's Credit Risk Scores Improve Again

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With some weak domestic economy figures out for Q2 2013, let's finish the week of Irish news with some positives. Euromoney Country Ris...