Time for Ireland to ponder the thoughts of Taleb
June 17, 2020 4:59 amNassim Nicholas Taleb seems to gleefully stoke debate. Since he first burst into popular consciousness in 2001 with his best-selling... View Article
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Climate, energy, transport, agriculture: How green is the programme for government?
June 16, 2020 4:51 amOut of the 126-page Programme for Government put by Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Eamon Ryan to the vote of... View Article
This programme for government envisages a much larger, more activist, state. And this has to be paid for with higher taxes
June 16, 2020 4:40 amIn his song Step Right Up, the artist Tom Waits has some wisdom for the parties entering government, especially related... View Article
Irish business must find its place in the China-US duopoly
June 15, 2020 5:15 amCovid-19, the largest global public health crisis in a century, should have been a time of global co-operation. Instead, the... View Article
“Expect further equity declines in the coming weeks, but I believe the long terms outlook is positive. Here is why”
June 15, 2020 4:45 amOn Thursday, stock markets around the world suffered their most severe declines since the height of market volatility in March,... View Article
“The longer the hiatus continues, the greater the risk of a marked erosion of public trust in politics. We need another election”
June 12, 2020 4:08 amAs 2020 reaches midpoint it is fair to say that it’s been a year like no other both at home... View Article
Sunny times ahead? The grand reopening of the economy has begun and the initial data is promising – but all is not well
June 11, 2020 5:00 amWe are always caught between the definition of society, and economy. Society, we are told, is greater than the economy,... View Article
The ECB makes it a fait accompli: It will buy whatever it likes when it likes
June 10, 2020 5:33 amAt its June 4 meeting, the European Central Bank (ECB) increased its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) by €600 billion,... View Article
After a crisis, history shows many domestic businesses will struggle to retain rock star employees
June 9, 2020 5:11 amRecent surveys from around the world are indicating that the Covid-19 pandemic will have some profound long-term implications for the... View Article
The box room is the new boardroom: It is not for everyone, but the crisis has accelerated the drive towards remote working
June 8, 2020 5:25 am‘How are you coping with the remote-working?’, ‘Are you home-schooling?’, ‘have you turned to the bottle?’ are sample sentences we... View Article
