Dan O’Brien argues that abandoning the four year plan to reduce the deficit to 3% of GDP by 2014 would be insanity (Irish Times Oct 21 2010). He is wrong. The cosy policy consensus that…
Monthly Archives For October 2010
Sam Nolan at 80: A Short Documentary
Sam Nolan at 80 from conormccabe on Vimeo. This is an eighteen-minute video which was made for the occasion of Sam Nolan’s birthday celebration in the Mansion House, which was held on Friday 8 October…
Oh We of Little Faith
An extract from The Sceptics Bible. Part 518 of 666. IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God. 2 Even though Wittgenstein has proved the impossibility…
Yanis Varoufakis, "First as History, Then as Farce: The Euro Crisis Revisited"
Yanis Varoufakis, “First as History, Then as Farce: The Euro Crisis Revisited” Yanis Varoufakis, professor of political economy at the University of Athens, provides an excellent guide to the foolishness of the EU's European Financial…
Inequality kills « Real-World Economics Review Blog
Inequality kills « Real-World Economics Review Blog Where does this leave us? The results of all these studies (including Saunders and Gordon) are clear. Inequality increased during the last decades – but surely not everywhere….
Policy Network | New comparison poll shows how vulnerable and ideologically staid European social democracy as a political movement currently is.
Policy Network | New comparison poll shows how vulnerable and ideologically staid European social democracy as a political movement currently is. Policy Network have published a new opinion poll tracker of Europe’s social democratic parties:…
In God We… Don’t Really Trust That Much, But Kind Of Hope That He’ll Do The Right Thing…
There’s something tragic about a great power in decline. Many on the left today take it for granted that America should serve as their political punch bag. But the US was once a landmass upon…
Rick Wolff | "Why France Matters Here Too"
Rick Wolff | “Why France Matters Here Too” The French strikes and demonstrations are coalescing around some basic demands that go far beyond the rejection of Sarkozy's demand for a two-year postponement of retirements for…
Wolfgang Münchau | This stability pact obsession is not helpful
Wolfgang Münchau | This stability pact obsession is not helpful FT's Wolfgang Münchau explains why the reforms being discussed at the moment do not even begin to deal with the roots of the crisis and…
Behind the News On Ireland, Greece and the Crisis in the Eurozone
Doug Henwood of Left Business Observer also has a regular radio show Behind the News on WBAI, New York, covering economics and politics which is always worth checking out. The podcasts are archived on the…
Abortion in Ireland: Replacing the coat hanger with a pill
During the summer of this year, the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme (then known as the Crisis Pregnancy Agency) said that there had been a fall in the number of Irish women travelling abroad for abortion…
The Devil and Bailiff McGlynn
The foreclosure process in the US has been rather brutal. On this side of the pond we became aware of the so-called ‘tent cities’ springing up across the US back in 2008 (it took the…
Friday Quiz by DublinDilettante
DublinDilettante | Friday Quiz Have a crack at the following. Multiple choice, no second preferences. 1: [The social welfare budget/Living on €196 a week] is just not sustainable in the long term. 2: We have…
Varnishing Point
Just because the economy is on its death bed doesn’t mean you have to forgo any part of your beauty routine. After all, when you look good, you feel good, and now more than ever…
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- Fishy Talks Galway, 13 May 2013 May 12, 2013Speaking tomorrow in Galway before Donal O’Kelly’s performance of Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son. The title of the talk is: All the Devils are Here - A Short History of the Irish Entrepreneur. All welcome. […]Conor McCabe
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