How to restart the economy: Mapping, testing, masking
April 23, 2020 2:27 amPeople want their jobs back. They want their lives back. They won’t get either of those things in the short... View Article
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Looking for investment? Good luck with that
April 22, 2020 2:43 amA motion was put forward in recent days by an MEP for the European Parliament to increase the level of... View Article
Never let a good crisis go to waste: As the stimulus is readied, we need a radical rethink of European and Irish industrial policy
April 21, 2020 4:37 amIn recent days various economic think tanks have made their latest forecasts for European GDP growth over the coming year.... View Article
Make haste slowly: Why the decision to do nothing can often be the most profitable decision of all
April 20, 2020 2:11 amIn normal times, the pressure on decision-makers to act is constant. Grappling through this extraordinary time, this pressure is clearly... View Article
Brexit is signed but not yet delivered. It is a political life raft to escape Europe but was it built to sail into a potential world depression?
April 17, 2020 5:42 amAt 11.00 pm on January 31, as the UK left the EU, Nigel Farage broke into a lusty rendition of... View Article
From now on, it will be more a case of who has work rather than who has a resident barista at work
April 16, 2020 3:26 amBack in December, we were invited to give a presentation to a global co-working space in Dublin about dating in... View Article
From outsourcing to onshoring: How Covid-19 will change the global economy, and Ireland’s place in it
April 15, 2020 5:05 amThe Covid-19 pandemic has led to huge and hopefully short-term economic disruption. However, the longer-term effects on global trade –... View Article
Thomas Hubert: Making sense of multinationals’ billions
April 14, 2020 5:13 amSince Christmas, I’ve gone through 330 corporate filings made by 261 individual companies, interviewed economists on both sides of the... View Article
As we rebuild the economy, we need to escape the perilous spiral of corporate debt
April 14, 2020 1:14 amCorporate finance is, seemingly, a boring, mundane subject in the world of high-speed, hyper-powered financial services, where assets trading can... View Article
Every cloud can have a silver lining: Keeping positive during Covid-19
April 13, 2020 5:46 amSpeaking from personal experience, staying at home, avoiding crowded areas and taking pre-cautions to avoid contracting the Covid-19 virus is... View Article
