Tomorrow I’ll be giving this talk with Finbarr Bradley, sponsored by ISKS at UL. Here’s the press release:
Confronting the Crisis: Vision of Ireland in 2050
A Conversation between Stephen Kinsella
and Finbarr Bradley
Tuesday, February 9th, 4:00-6:00
Venue: East Room, Plassey House, University of Limerick
Debate about our options amid the crisis that Irish society is undergoing is [...]
Published in today’s Sunday Independent.
Recovery is not reform. The government’s intended path to recovery is
a mixture of borrowing, pay cuts, and spending cuts. All recovery
plans treat the symptoms of a downturn. Global aggregate demand has
been buoyed by injections of capital by governments. There is evidence
the medicine is working. Global recovery looks in sight. Reform
however, is [...]
Cross posted at the TASC-blog.
It is almost never correct to sacrifice a present benefit for a doubtful advantage in the future. Ireland’s political classes understand this truism at the genetic level. In a world where less and less seems predictable, Ireland faces multiple uncertainties: we cannot afford to splurge on one by neglecting the other.
The [...]
The primary objective of the National Asset Management Agency is to increase the flow of credit to the ‘real’ economy — that’s you and me, homes and businesses — by clearing banks’ balance sheets of ‘impaired’ assets. The story goes that these assets reduce the banks’ abilities to borrow on the interbank lending market, choking [...]
Here’s my rant on TV3 about Ireland in 2050 earlier this week, and here’s a piece in the Irish Examiner about the book.
Here’s a piece I wrote for sluggerotoole.com, head there to read the comments for the piece.
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Both sides of the Lisbon debate will use the spectre of Ireland’s uncertain economic future to alloy the public’s fear of a sustained economic downturn to their cause. This is wrong.
Lisbon has nothing to do with the current Irish economic [...]
Here’s a piece I wrote for Hotel and Catering Review, trying to answer the question above. You’ll have to read the article as a .pdf though.
An Bord Snip Nua’s report has generated a curious mix of reactionary hysteria, sober analysis, and spin. Everyone who had something to lose, be it their positions, pay or entitlements, came out against getting their share of the pie snipped in the Autumn budget. No one seems to be able to agree which of the [...]
Tagged Bord Snip, Bord Snip Nua, Child benefit, Employment, Ireland, Kemmy Business School, Middle class, University of LimerickHere’s my article in The Sunday Times today.
George Lee has decided to run for a seat in the Dail (the best discussion of the impact of an economically literate TD so far has been at the Irish Economy), but one aspect I’d like to focus on is the reaction on Twitter to George’s decision. Want a live vox pop in less than [...]