The years of ultra-cheap money are over – Ireland is about to be transformed
April 21, 2022 5:40 amThe largest macro policy change in a decade is coming. Quantitative easing allowed central banks to expand their balance sheets,... View Article
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Sean Keyes on investing: Twitter’s failure to launch
April 20, 2022 5:04 amElon Musk isn’t wrong about Twitter. It is stuck. It’s a mad company. On Twitter every day you’ll find the... View Article
Populism, liberalism and the shadows of 2016: The pieces are in flux again
April 19, 2022 4:03 amThree weeks after the shock of 9/11, British Prime Minister Tony Blair famously captured the dramatically changed context: ‘The kaleidoscope... View Article
The fall of Imran Khan, the future of Pakistan, and why America lost interest in the country
April 18, 2022 5:53 amThe departure of Imran Khan as prime minister of Pakistan has been accompanied by sounds of conspiracy, treason and collusion.... View Article
Deals, Dublin Port, and inflation: Rewinding the week that was
April 17, 2022 5:31 amOn Friday, Tom wrote an excellent column exploring the strategy behind Twitter’s recent acquisition of the young Irish mobile technology... View Article
Macron, Le Pen, De Gaulle and the French paradox: Why a centrist leads in an election where the centre didn’t hold
April 16, 2022 5:24 amFive decades on, Charles De Gaulle has finally died. Or has he? The general and French Resistance hero wrote the... View Article
Tom Lyons: Elon Musk, his Twitter bid and the Irish start-up acquired to unlock a key metric
April 15, 2022 5:08 amIt has been an extraordinary week for Twitter. On Wednesday, multi billionaire Elon Musk wrote to Bret Taylor, the chairman... View Article
Blanket energy subsidies are letting a good crisis go to waste
April 14, 2022 4:59 amAnother month, another set of blanket fossil fuel subsidies. The Vat cut on gas and electricity bills decided by the... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: How to take the banks for a couple of thousand
April 13, 2022 3:44 amLiving costs are rising so people are looking for ways to save money. An obvious one is to get a... View Article
Patrick Honohan on wage-price spirals, interest rates and when inflation will fall
April 12, 2022 5:57 amWith inflation in Ireland running at the highest rate for a decade and – in a not-unrelated development – interest... View Article
