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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 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

We 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 am Published by Peter Kinsella

At 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 am Published by Constantin Gurdgiev

Recent 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 Published by Rena Maycock

‘How are you coping with the remote-working?’, ‘Are you home-schooling?’, ‘have you turned to the bottle?’ are sample sentences we... View Article

Government spending will ease suffering. Just don’t expect it to fix the economy

June 5, 2020 6:00 am Published by Sean Keyes

Ideas from the US have a way of making their way into the Irish discourse. This is true in economics... View Article

The state of our semi-states: Exposed by Covid-19, the government must decide which semi-states it will bail out – as well as those to cast adrift

June 4, 2020 4:05 am Published by Stephen Kinsella

How would you explain the state to a small child? Would you use the police as an example? Perhaps the... View Article

A dangerous opportunity: The state, private hospitals and the vexed issue of nationalisation

June 3, 2020 5:46 am Published by Moore McDowell

There is a widespread belief among business gurus, journalists and allied trades that we should learn from the deep meaning... View Article

“I was positive about the pound, but I have changed my mind. Irish exporters face a huge risk now”

June 2, 2020 5:07 am Published by Peter Kinsella

Regular readers of this column will know that I have maintained a broadly constructive tone for GBP exchange rates. This... View Article

“The economy cannot be purely functional and transactional. It cannot be built based on balance sheet economics alone”

May 29, 2020 5:47 am Published by Fintan Drury

The German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, delivered a speech recently to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War... View Article

Wind down the past, accelerate the future: Measurements and the crisis to come – Part Two

May 28, 2020 5:39 am Published by Ross Hunt

In the first part of this series, I did not mention start-ups. But I will be mentioning them in a... View Article