Now that the referendum has been called I am starting up the Fiscal Treaty Files, a regular commentary on the claims, arguments and assertions that will be made over the coming weeks leading up to…
Monthly Archives For February 2012
We Wanted a Referendum – Lets Now Fight for a No Vote
Campaign Against the Austerity Treaty asking for a Referendum and a NO vote! The first Public Meeting of the Campaign will take place on Monday, March 5th, at 19.30 hours in Liberty Hall. Speakers will include…
Too Close for Comfort
Yanis Varoufakis has an interesting post in which he wonders why those who espouse a faith in the ideas of Frederick von Hayek do not follow them through when it comes to the liquidation of public…
Bank Strategist says that cutting corporation tax is laughably stupid
Bank Strategist says that cutting corporation tax is laughably stupid Albert Edwards, the Global Strategist for the French bank, Société Général calls on the Tories to increase rather than cut corporation tax. He refers to…
The Triumph of Spin over Substance
The publicity accompanying the latest ESRI Quarterly Commentary was a triumph of spin over substance. Despite claims of ‘growth’ and ‘austerity is working’ the ESRI describes a domestic economy mired in recession and growing debt until…
Terry Eagleton and Kieran Allen Discuss the Return of Marx
Terry Eagleton and Kieran Allen discuss ‘The Return of Marx’ from Paula Geraghty on Vimeo. Terry Eagleton, author of Why Marx was Right and Kieran Allen, author of Marx and the Alternative to Capitalism discuss…
The Political Metaphysics of Stupidity
There’s a stimulating essay by David Graeber that passed me by in the spring/summer 2005 issue of The Commoner. You can download the pdf file here. If you can ignore all the typos, you’ll find some original…
President Michael D Higgins | Of Public Intellectuals, Universities, and a Democratic Crisis
President Michael D Higgins | Of Public Intellectuals, Universities, and a Democratic Crisis At the London School of Economics, 21 February 2012 [...] Standing in support of unregulated markets, of unaccountable capital flows, of virtual…
An Aisling for Our Age: Socialism or Barbarism
The following is from an address at EngAge Ideas Forum on the 21 February 2012 at Royal Irish Academy. organised by Age & Opportunity where I was asked to speak on the topic ‘an aisling…
The Target of German Economists
Beyond any doubt, Hans-Werner Sinn is the most influential German economist. He exhibits a flawless, albeit conventional, curriculum. Revered by his dominantly priggish colleagues, he chairs Cesifo, a powerful group of research institutes in a…
Between the Lines on Near FM discussing NAMA
Presenter Mick Fitzgerald was joined in the studio by Mícheál Mac Donncha of Sinn Féin, Cllr Anthony Lavin of Fine Gael, Sins of Our Father author Conor McCabe and freelance Journalist Ultan Monahan to discuss…
Don’t Mind the Rhetoric – Privatisation is Being Driven by Fine Gael, Not the Troika
Whatever about the case-by-case merits of the Government’s announcement today to sell-off state assets, we should be clear: the EU-IMF Memorandum of Understanding does not require privatisation, in whole or in part. In addition, the…
Angry Students Set to March Against Education Cuts
Students, led by the group Free Education for Everyone Galway, are set to march against the planned increase of Third-Level fees to €3000 by 2015 and the abolition of the Postgraduate grant. The march will…
EU Should Admit Greece is Bankrupt | Christian Rickens
EU Should Admit Greece is Bankrupt | Christian Rickens The unvarnished truth – the second Greek Bailout should not have happened. The mistake isn’t the size, but the construction of the bailout package. It isn’t…
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