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December 8th, 2008

Are public sector pensions sustainable?

Charlie Larkin says no. Charlie wants to reform the pensions public sector workers get by eliminating the cost of living […]

December 8th, 2008

Delong gives us things to read by Keynes

This post is so cool I'm going to repost it in it's entirety: Tyler Cowen writes: Marginal Revolution: New MR […]

December 8th, 2008

Econobloggers to the rescue

Economics bloggers are featured in the Boston Globe for helping to educate and inform journalists and the public about what's […]

December 7th, 2008

Not going to make the Rocky Horror Reference for you...

Financial History Time Warp Pictures. I'm surprised it took this long actually. Take depression era photos, and layer 2008 text […]

December 5th, 2008

First Impressions of Mathematica 7

I use Mathematica in my teaching and research, and each time they come out with a new version, I end […]

December 5th, 2008

Rant on the Matt Cooper Show Last Night

Mr John Gibbons of Climate Change.ie wrote this article in yesterday's Irish Times, and the Last Word asked me to […]

December 5th, 2008

A Heat Map of Ireland's Property Market

Innovative visualisation by Ronan Lyons has produced the map of Ireland's property market, where red means price increases, blue means […]

December 4th, 2008

Dr Kane Clarifies where the exchequer returns figures come from

Following some interested, interesting, and inquiring tweets from Markham Nolan, Dr Kane clarified where the new exchequer numbers come from, […]

December 4th, 2008

Money as Debt

Via Boing Boing, this is a 47 minute video explaining fractional reserve banking, well worth a watch!

December 3rd, 2008

Apparently, I'm a scientist.

Typeanalyzer reckons I'm a scientist. Genderanalyzer reckons I'm a man. 1/2 ain't bad. Click below to see the results.

December 3rd, 2008

Six Free Skills and Applications to help you communicate with your students

Teaching using technology is easy to do badly. I probably use too much gadgetry in my presentations and interactions with […]

December 3rd, 2008

Where is all the money coming from?

Ireland is forecast to borrow over 11bn euros and more this year. Like almost every developed and developing nation, it […]

December 2nd, 2008

Exchequer Returns: Dr Kane told us so.

EC4004 students will remember Dr Aidan Kane's guest lecture a few weeks ago, slides here, when he suggested that Ireland […]

December 2nd, 2008

Office Hours

A quick reminder: Thursday, 10-12, I'll be in my office, KB 3-42, for office hours before exams. Expect this to […]

December 2nd, 2008

Rote Learning, 21st Century Style

From EC4004's last lecture. Y=C+I+G+X-M from Stephen Kinsella on Vimeo.

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