Here’s an article I wrote for the Moyross Voice.
Two intertwined facts convince me that the Regeneration project must be completed, and ahead of schedule. First, more than 20,000 people are signing on the Live Register in Limerick alone. Second, nearly 6,000 of these are young men under 25, with no more education than a Leaving [...]
This is why I love teaching at UL. Occasionally, you get emails like this one. A student in Economics for Business wrote me the following email after a rant in class asking why shouldn’t we double the ‘dole’ to increase consumption. Here’s her email to me, and my reply is below the fold.
Everytime we talk [...]
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 [...]
Also tagged Bord Snip, Bord Snip Nua, Child benefit, Ireland, Kemmy Business School, Middle class, University of LimerickGerard thinks there will be another budget in early-to-mid 2009 to cope with the worsening economic downturn. I’ve got to agree with him, and I’ve got to say he’s mostly right. Essentially the pension provisions for public sector workers are very high and represent a significant premium over those benefits enjoyed by workers in the [...]
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NCB released its latest report on the services sector, and the report contained two really interesting graphs, which I’m reproducing below.
We see two trends in the series. First, while overall business activity as measured by the top chart is down, the level of activity is around the same level as in 2003, [...]