The fiction of a V-shaped recovery hides the weaknesses in Ireland’s labour market
May 5, 2020 5:30 amThought leadership is the private sector’s polite term for an exercise in spinning secondary and occasionally primary data into a... View Article
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“Here in Latin America, it is a question of hunger versus disease. And hunger kills 100% of the people 100% of the time”
May 4, 2020 5:10 amChairman Mao measured the success of Communist China’s Great Leap Forward by focusing exclusively on backyard steel furnace production, and... View Article
“Amid escalating climate emergency, business-as-usual is a road to unmitigated ruin”
May 1, 2020 4:32 amIn early January, 2019, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof penned an article titled: ‘Why 2018 was the best year... View Article
Between stimulus and state lies risk: The economy must be bailed out but borrowing can’t fund everything forever
April 30, 2020 5:08 amPerhaps the defining feature of this crisis is the sheer amount of uncertainty it has generated. We are uncertain of... View Article
Peter Kinsella: The Italian economy is back on the radar – and it could have big implications for Ireland
April 29, 2020 3:50 amAt its April 9 meeting, the Eurogroup (eurozone finance ministers) was supposed to come up with a viable means of... View Article
“100-year social housing leases are Bertienomics at its very worst”
April 28, 2020 4:52 amTwo weeks ago, Fianna Fáil government negotiator Barry Cowen told The Business Post that a key part of the proposed... View Article
China’s 10% contraction – a look into the numbers and what they mean
April 27, 2020 5:30 amChina has recently released its first-quarter economic data. The long-term economic miracle has ground to a halt. The economy has... View Article
“Possessing a quiet if steely confidence with a dash of reserve, Sean O’Rourke’s style is assertive but without swagger”
April 24, 2020 11:46 amI remember the thrill of the moment. None of my co-collaborators really thought we would pull it off but, like... View Article
China after the Covid-19 surge – five things Irish food and drinks companies can expect
April 24, 2020 5:04 amAs a nation, we have been in a state of lockdown for over a month. For many business owners, this... View Article
Supply demand and the dilemma of trade: What the collapse in oil prices tells you about post Covid-19 economy
April 23, 2020 5:15 amOil is a barometer of economic health. At least in times of the normally functioning, cyclical economy. Which is hardly... View Article
