Income tax change may win elections but it just doesn't make any sense
Electoral timing, expectation setting, and taxation policy shouldn't be mixed when the economy is this fragile.
Reforming Coalition must ensure its next report card doesn't read 'potential wasted
Time is ticking, coalition politics is hard, and the political business cycle is real, but so is the potential this government has for real change.
We're past the point where cover made sense for the average family
Thresholds. Innit.
Ratings agencies don't deserve our trust, so why are we getting excited?
Sod the ratings agencies.
Forget about bonds and prices the best guard against poverty is a job
Bond prices make no sense as an indicator of economic health.
The way you behave may determine how much taxes are cut
Reference-dependent expectation changes affect consumption today, and growth tomorrow. Less technical explanations and why these things matter for fiscal policy.
What will the Coalition miss in 2014? A chance to stop a new bubble
Like it or not, we are part of a cycle of credit expansion and contraction that we will surely see again if we don't sort out the incentives those within our institutions face.
Tracker mortgages are damaging the economy -- it's time to deal with them
Not a popular point to make, I know, but the tracker mortgage book needs sorting to get the real economy back on track.
BBC Money Box Interview
BBC 4's Money Box interviewed me on the subject of Bitcoin, which I'm a teensy, weensy bit sceptical about. Listen back here.
NPR Interview
Here's an interview I did with NPR's Joanna Kakissis about the current situation in Ireland.
Cambridge talk Podcast
Including Slides and comments by Neil Lancastle, my discussant, all up here.
Failure to implement troika reforms a recipe for disaster.
Or, why thinking about the public/private/rest of world balance matters in a society that seems intent on remaining exactly the same post-crisis.
The future of the arts in Limerick
Here are the slides from my talk as part of the Limerick experiment.
