(This is the text of my speech to the KBS/BSTAI Awards a few weeks ago. It was a lot of […]

Austerity is like 'bleeding' the patient – and may be as deadly  Francois Quesnay's Tableau Economique and austerity.

5 years of micro lending. Wonderful. Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance from Kiva Microfunds on Vimeo. (ht: flowingdata)

Like most things on the internet this week this blog post is inspired by the riots in the UK. Pundits, […]

I'll be there on Wednesday night in Dolans talking about education policy in Ireland. I'm really looking forward to it. […]

"However, pouring billions down the drain to keep zombie banks alive, while the vulnerable and the blameless bear the brunt […]

In my book, during speaking gigs, during conferences, and in the press, I've been ranting solidly about indigenous job creation: the only way […]

This headline from the Irish Times, for some reason, gives me images of grannies in camouflage with AK47s and grenades […]

Here's my rant on TV3 about Ireland in 2050 earlier this week, and here's a piece in the Irish Examiner […]

These policy conferences generally define the tone of the economic debate in Ireland for weeks afterwards. Those interested in the […]

The debate on how to deal with newly distressed property assets to save the real economy—that’s you and I—has crystallised […]

Here's a piece I wrote for Hotel and Catering Review, trying to answer the question above. You'll have to read […]

An Bord Snip Nua’s report has generated a curious mix of reactionary hysteria, sober analysis, and spin. Everyone who had […]

Here's a piece that ran in Saturday's Irish Times. LET US define power as the sustained execution of intended outcomes. […]

Karl Deeter asks: ‘If you had one year to turn the economy around or you would be publicly executed, what […]