The gambler, the insider trading trial and the enduring mystery of Phil Mickelson
June 18, 2021 5:45 amSuddenly, and without too much warning, Phil Mickelson is in a major flirtation with history. In ordinary times, his pursuit... View Article
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Post-pandemic work: What Facebook’s residency rule change means for Irish workers and the state
June 17, 2021 5:15 amCritics often accuse economists of being out of touch or, as Marx called us, the scientific representatives of the bourgeois... View Article
Darkness ahead? Stocks, styles, discount rates & inflation
June 16, 2021 5:45 am‘The Great Crash’ by John Kenneth Galbraith is the definitive account of the Wall Street crash of 1929. From the... View Article
Private equity is running out of stuff to buy
June 16, 2021 5:30 amLast month I wrote about the strange phenomenon of global private equity (PE) firms buying up family-run insurance brokers in the market... View Article
The year of the doughnut city: how the pandemic is changing settlement patterns
June 15, 2021 5:45 amBehold the US housing market – an epic wave of dysfunctional supply, social greed and public fear swelling over the... View Article
The fall of Stobart Air is the latest manifestation of a disconnect between the state and the aviation sector
June 14, 2021 5:30 amThe collapse of Stobart Air, the franchise operator that managed Aer Lingus’s regional service, into liquidation is not a surprise.... View Article
Should RTE be held to a higher standard when it comes to Paddy Power sponsorship?
June 12, 2021 6:00 amIn June 2020, RTE’s Director General Dee Forbes told an Oireachtas Covid-19 committee that the broadcaster’s total income was expected... View Article
Tommie Gorman: Edwin Poots, Brexit creationism and a dog called Fury
June 12, 2021 5:30 amOn Monday afternoon Arlene Foster will formally resign as Northern Ireland’s first minister. She is 50. She is likely to be a... View Article
Regime change and corporate tax reform: Ireland should look to Switzerland for inspiration
June 11, 2021 5:45 amThe G7 tax changes have been a long time coming. The OECD has been pushing for global corporate tax reform... View Article
What will the global tax changes really change? And how should Ireland respond?
June 10, 2021 5:45 amThere are certain things which will suffer no alteration, except magnitude, when they grow. If you take a square and... View Article
