Saturday, May 17, 2014

17/5/2014: Foreign Affairs on the rise of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism

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These days, it is rare to see any  seriously argued articles about the role of ultra-nationalism on the Kiev-side of the Ukrainian civil w...

17/5/2014: Growth Forecasts: What Matters and What Doesn't

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times article from April 20, 2014. Nothing sums up frustrations of the policymakers and gene...

17/5/2014: The Banking Inquiry Shopping List...

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This is an unedited version from my Sunday Times article from May 4, 2014. This week, the Government announced the establishment of a ...
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15/5/2014: Innovation, Employment & Growth: Ireland's Human Capital Dilemma

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This is an unedited version of my article for Sunday Times , April 06. From jobs programmes aiming to boost employment creation to entr...
Friday, May 16, 2014

16/5/2014: Summary of euro area 'peripherals' risk ratings

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A neat summary of sovereign risk ratings by the majors and Euromoney Credit Risk: Rankings on the left reflect country position in ri...

16/5/2014: Three Points on Irish Universities Performance

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Three slides on Irish Higher Education state of play from my presentation yesterday at the Cork IT (many thanks to the CIT for their hospi...

16/5/2014: Competitive Sports of Competitiveness Gains

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Yesterday I posted my Sunday Times article on unemployment and skills:  http://trueeconomics.blogspot.ie/2014/05/1552014-jobs-employment-lo...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

15/5/2014: Flapping at the zero line: euro area GDP growth Q1 2014

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Flash estimates of euro area GDP growth for Q1 2014 were out today. Here are few charts (via Markit Economics) of the disaster: Yep: N...

15/5/2014: PMIs and actual activity: something is still amiss...

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Services Activity vs Services PMIs... something is seriously amiss... still... Notice how the activity has fallen in Q1 2014 compared...

15/5/2014: Universal Health Insurance: Fake Treatment for a Fake Disease

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times article from April 13, 2014. According to Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary, “revoluti...
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15/5/2014: Jobs & Employment: Lot Done, More to Do, Still

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The is an unedited version of my Sunday Times article from April 27. As cooperative organisations go, Paris-based OECD is one of the...

15/5/2014: Bad Habits Die Hard

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A neat summary of the euro area revisions to targeted deficits for 2014-2016 period: Per BBVA Research: "The relaxation in fisc...