Here are some rants, published and unpublished, on Irish public policy and other issues, in reverse chronological order.
- Looking twice at the Innovation Task Force Report
- The Death of Feminism: International Women's Day Conference
- Be smart: Jobs first, smart economy second
- Elderly Take Over!
- Memory and Malice 1 Year After Dell Closure Announcement: Where is the Outrage?
- What will Ireland be like in 2050?
- When the centre cannot hold
- 2009: The Year that Wasn't
- Designing a Strategy for Economic Recovery
- Municipal bonds can help Ireland recover
- Budget 2010: Top Five things *not* to rant about
- Regeneration project must be accelerated-but with care
- Public sector's fudge of a deal is bad for us all
- Recent flooding only a taste of things to come
- Safety Valve On/Off
- Going Nuclear
- Municipal bonds could be the solution to many problems
- Municipal Bonds in Limerick
- Recovery is not Reform
- Cash for Crap Houses: Ireland & NAMA
- Prudence in the face of the unknown is key
- NAMA will not get banks lending again
- What will life be like for my baby 100 years from now?
- White Bright Flight: Suburbs and the Housing boom of 2030
- It's not about the economy, stupid
- What has posterity ever done for us?
- Wait a minute: just who are the middle classes getting the Snip?
- Leaders tinker at margins while waiting for recovery
- California here we come, right back where we started from
- A simple suggestion on NAMA
- Can you fix the economy?
- Retain and Retrain to Boost Jobs
- What is the point of the economy?
- We need a political system that encourages strategic thinking
- How We Blew the Boom
- Repaying loans is harder in a shrinking economy, here's why:
- Turning the Shannon Valley into Silicon Valley
- The Prince Unconstrained: A Response to Michael Taft
- Government must detail real plan to take us out of crisis - The Irish Times - Mon, Jan 12, 2009
- Piece on Limerick on Moneyweek.com
- Focused Strategy could Rescue Dell Plant
- We can't predict anything in financial markets, let's stop fooling ourselves and the public
- Running Around Moyross with the New York Times
- Are public sector pensions sustainable?
- One man's highly public quest to be ecologically responsible is, essentially, free riding
- The financial meltdown is an academic crisis too
- Daft.ie Report
- Can the government spend its way out of the crisis?
- A Nuclear Ireland?
- Pathways to a worldwide middle class
- What will life be like in the year 2008?
- Economic Possibilities for my grandchildren