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March 8th, 2009

Intermediate Macroeconomics Guest Lecture

Here are the slides for the lecture, the mathematica demonstration I'll use in class is here, the Forfas report I […]

March 6th, 2009

Repaying loans is harder in a shrinking economy, here's why:

The modern financial system is debt based. Since 1971, the financial system has had no tie to gold or any […]

March 6th, 2009

"Iceland is no longer a country. It is a hedge fund."

The country we find ourselves being compared to all over the place has been treated to a masterful description of […]

March 6th, 2009

In the news today:

Just today, UK producer output prices inched up 0.1%, but higher (Sterling) oil prices lifted input prices up 0.6% in […]

March 6th, 2009

Shiller's Lecture at the New School on Why the Financial Crisis wasn't foreseen

March 5th, 2009

Intermediate Macroeconomics Guest Lecture

Here are the slides for a presentation on IS-LM and Effective Demand, in the context of the Irish Economy. EC4006 […]

March 5th, 2009

Interview on the Last Word Last Night

With Alan Ruddock of the Sunday Independent, I made the following points on last night's show First, the government has […]

March 5th, 2009

Irish Live Register Figures

Ahead of tomorrow's EC4024 and EC4006 lectures, here's a great interactive chart showing Ireland's unemployment rate as a function of […]

March 4th, 2009

And your great depression chart for this week is below

It is overwhelmingly likely that the current downturn-in-progress will then surpass the united 1979-1982 downturn as the worst downturn since […]

March 4th, 2009

Irish Recovery.ie is Live

Give us your good ideas, let us know how you'd change the country with them. The Irish Recovery Webpage is […]

March 4th, 2009

International Monetary Economics Problem Set 1 Changes

Having had some feedback on the problem set, I've decided to change it slightly. First, the deadline is now next […]

March 4th, 2009

If you really, seriously, wanted to piss off 51% of the population...

...You'd write this pile of steaming, stupid, provocative, shite. Bet he's single.

March 4th, 2009

The people have spoken

And the scribd notes will be consigned to fiery, fiery hell from now on. Thanks to everyone for answering the […]

March 4th, 2009

Maybe this isn't the model for redeveloping Limerick. Maybe...

"An 80-year-old woman told me she wanted to see me in spandex," Thompson said. "I just feel really lucky to […]

March 4th, 2009

EC4024 Problem Set Extension

Thanks to Stuart, your class Rep, and Anna O'Leary, for letting me know the time constraints you are under with […]

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