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Memory and Malice 1 Year After Dell Closure Announcement: Where is the Outrage?

Today marks a year since the announcement of Dell’s closure in Limerick. Unemployment has since soared in the region, particularly among young men. The (interim) findings of the Dell Taskforce have not been implemented, the 21 million Euros earmarked by the EU and the Irish government for Dell workers has not, to my knowledge, made [...]

Also tagged Add new tag, Business, Business and Economy, Flood, Government of Ireland, Ireland, Limerick, Organisations

2010 01 09 Rants Comments (6)

Economics of EU Integration Lecture 5

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Assuming an EMU, what are the economic effects of one? We saw last week that the EU was almost certainly not and OCA, yet the EU exists as a functioning currency area. What are the likely effects of this on growth amongst member states? We developed the canonical model used to describe economic [...]

Also tagged Business, Economic growth, economy, EU, Government, Member State of the European Union, Multilateral

2009 10 09 EC4333_2009 Comments (0)

Leaders tinker at margins while waiting for recovery

Here’s a piece that ran in Saturday’s Irish Times.
LET US define power as the sustained execution of intended outcomes. What you want to get done, gets done, more often than not. How much of this type of power does the Government have?
Rulers can physically coerce their citizens through force of law; they can change the [...]

Also tagged Irish people, Lisbon Treaty, Social welfare provision

2009 07 20 Rants
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Economics of EU Integration Lecture 11

This is the last lecture of the course. We’ll look at Ireland in the EU, and do a recap of the course.

Most Irish people drive past the blue signs along new roads up and down the country, indicating that “This project was co-financed by the EU”. Since joining in 1973, the difference between what Ireland [...]

Also tagged EU, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Funding, Ireland, Irish people, Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds

2008 11 24 EC4333 Comments (0)

Economics of EU Integration Lecture 10: Political Economy of Enlargement

In this lecture, we will introduce students to the institutional, legal and political context of enlargement within the EU, and preview and examine the fifth enlargement’s likely effects. We will examine the preconditions for reform, and develop a simple model of development, trade policy, and mobility.
Over the weeks we’ve seen a series of increasingly analytical approaches to exploring [...]

Also tagged Common Agricultural Policy, Enlargement of the European Union, EU, European integration, Lisbon Treaty, Member State of the European Union, Nice Treaty, Politics, Union, Western Balkans

2008 11 17 EC4333 Comments (0)

Ireland’s CO2 Emissions, 1998-2006

Take a look at the data below, which comes from this recently released CO2 emissions report by the CSO. (You can get the data I used to make the chart here).
I’ve taken the largest emitters of CO2 by sector, and graphed them. The data pull out an interesting story. We see a mitigation of the [...]

Also tagged .CSO, carbon dioxide, Climate change, Environment, Greenhouse gas, Ireland, United States

2008 11 10 economic data Comments (0)

EC4333 Lecture 9: Inequality in the EU

We have seen how the EU has affected economic growth and development across the EU in previous lectures. In this lecture, we will examine how the EU affects the social fabric of its constituent societies, through a series of cohesion funds. We will look at the definitions of inequality in the economics literature, develop some [...]

Also tagged EU, European Atomic Energy Community, European Coal and Steel Community, European Commission, European Social Fund, Treaties of Rome, Treaty of Paris

2008 11 10 EC4333 Comments (0)

Economics of EU Integration Lecture 8: Industrial Policies in the EU

Competition policy was developed as an essential part of the integration process, both in the Treaty of Paris, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in the Treaty of Rome. Competition policy is aimed at preventing distortions in competition caused either by private firms, or by government actions. EU competition policy is complementary to [...]

Also tagged Competition law, Enlargement of the European Union, EU, European Coal and Steel Community, European Commission, Treaties of Rome, Treaty of Paris

2008 11 03 EC4333 Comments (0)

Economics and Psychology One-Day Conference

I’m attending this one day event designed to bring economists and psychologists together for a one day symposium, and really looking forward to it. Readers in Dublin and Maynooth should think about heading along, all the logistical details are here.
Should be an interesting day. Click below for the full programme, organised by Geary’s Dr. Liam [...]

Also tagged AlamoDrafthouse, Business, Ireland, MinorityReport, Northern Ireland, University College Cork, University College Dublin

2008 10 30 UL Comments (0)

Economics of EU Integration Lecture 7: The CAP

The Common Agricultural Policy is a source of much contention in Europe and in the world because of its size, budgetary implications, and redistributive effects. It was a key feature of the recent Doha Development Round of trade talks. Read more about the CAP by downloading this .pdf from the EU. Here is an excellent [...]

Also tagged Agriculture, BBC, Common Agricultural Policy, Doha Development Round, EU, Europe, Limerick

2008 10 30 EC4333 Comments (0)