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September 9th, 2010

FEEM Award for Irish Postgraduate

As reported on the Geary Blog, TCD PhD student Ben Elsner has just won the FEEM award at this year's […]

September 8th, 2010

This semester's bloggy love goes to:

Economics students and breathing humans more generally could do worse than reading these blogs. I read a lot of them […]

September 8th, 2010

Are large complex economic systems unstable ?

Short answer, yes. This is a lovely paper by Dr Sitabhra Sinha describing physical analogies to the current crisis, and […]

September 7th, 2010

Two quick thoughts

Two thoughts on today's bond disaster: first, this isn't the work of one finance professor writing an opinion piece in […]

September 7th, 2010

Economics for Business Lecture 1

Here are the slides and the audio for Economics for Business, Lecture 1. Here are the notes for Lecture 2. […]

September 6th, 2010

EC4027, The European Economy, Lecture 1

This lecture introduces the module, including the module outline, and the lecture notes for the first lecture. You'll want to […]

September 3rd, 2010

The economy of bitterness

Written for fun after a bit too much bitterness online and in the real world, here's my attempt to minimise […]

September 3rd, 2010

Economics for Business Introductory Screencast

With a format shamelessly ripped from the Khan Academy (which I'll be linking to quite a bit), here is my […]

September 2nd, 2010

The transformation of private debt into public debt

Ireland has guaranteed the assets and liabilities of a large part of its banking system. Parts of this banking system […]

September 1st, 2010

The Future of Education?

I've blogged here several times[1][2] about using laptops and netbooks instead of paper books. Here's an interactive textbook platform for […]

September 1st, 2010

Economics for Business Data Project Guidelines

Instructions. The data project for Economics for Business is designed to encourage you, the student, to apply the economic theory […]

September 1st, 2010

Spot the Myths

Myth-making is a delicate art. You need a grain of truth, of course. You need a ready and willing vessel […]

September 1st, 2010

SMEs in a Globalised World

My UL Colleagues Helena Lenihan and Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan have just published a new book on SMEs in a Globalised world. […]

August 31st, 2010

Understanding Ireland's Economic Crisis

My next book, with Tony Leddin, is called Understanding Ireland's Economic Crisis. You'll be hearing a lot more about it, […]

June 8th, 2010

Closed: Back to blogging September 1st

I love writing this blog, and keeping in touch with interested and interesting people through it, but this blog isn't […]

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