We are always caught between the definition of society, and economy. Society, we are told, is greater than the economy, a more pressing concern. The Minister for Finance reminds us in almost every speech he gives that we live in a society, not an economy. But I wonder how true that is. I wonder how intertwined the ‘economy’ and our society are. It is not clear you can have one without the other. This week a group of more than 1,000 distinguished scientists led by DCU’s Anthony Staines, UCC’s Gerry Killeen and TCD’s Tomas Ryan wrote a coherent argument for…

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