A fiasco in the UK, and the return of the bond vigilantes
September 28, 2022 7:58 pmThe story starts earlier this summer. Liz Truss won the Conservative leadership promising tax cuts and reforms to boost growth.... View Article
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Sean Keyes on investing: a budget conundrum
September 28, 2022 4:38 amPaschal Donohoe is worried about one of Ireland’s big multinationals closing down and taking billions of taxes with it. One... View Article
Populism, pragmatism, and prudence: the architecture behind the €11bn budgetary package
September 27, 2022 4:40 pmIn the immediate aftermath of last year’s Budget, I wrote that the underlying motif of Budget 2022 was one of... View Article
Crammer households, emigration, and a failure to provide younger adults with rental housing
September 27, 2022 3:05 amWith higher education teaching starting up once more, the news media are – for a while at least – paying... View Article
Central bank power – more myth than reality
September 26, 2022 5:21 amWhile rarely peripheral, central banks have seldom seemed so central. Increasingly, the crusade to crush inflation has propelled them centre... View Article
The tech slide and Irish start-ups, inside the Predator’s layer, and Shaq’s Irish play: Rewinding the week that was
September 25, 2022 5:18 amJohn Collins has a unique perspective on the start-up scene – both in Ireland and internationally. A former technology and... View Article
Modern life is rubbish: Jack Grealish, Graeme Souness and why sportspeople are more resilient than they were in the past
September 24, 2022 4:16 amOn a flight back to Ireland many years ago, a member of the Ireland coaching staff left his seat at... View Article
The UK is sleep-walking into a bond crisis
September 23, 2022 3:28 amThe UK is sleep-walking into a significant bond market crisis. Many, if not all of the indicators which have preceded... View Article
Yet another Commission has been set up, yet another Commission has reported, and yet another Commission has been ignored
September 22, 2022 5:36 amWhat can we learn from the reaction to the Commission on Taxation and Welfare’s recent report? Precisely one thing, and that... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: TikTok should be divested or it should be banned
September 21, 2022 5:12 amInstagram fans kicked off last month when they saw their beloved feed had been supplanted by a new video feature... View Article
