It is the person who makes the thing that gets the most value from it. That’s where we need to get to next as a society, because other people’s intangibles can, and will, transubstantiate. The product pitch needs to change.
From The Guardian to the Harvard Business Review, corporate stock buybacks get a lot of stick. But they're an essential part of a healthy economy.
In the first of a three-part series addressing the changing structure of society and the economy, Sinead O’Sullivan argues that Ireland urgently needs to establish task forces for housing, demographics and energy.
It’s almost a decade since Callan’s Kicks burst on to the RTÉ airwaves. In a unique insight, its creator Oliver Callan tells how his special brand of satire deals with the tricky matter of taking on Sinn Féin.
Toulouse have won more European cups than any other team; if Leinster win it this year, they draw level. They are rugby royalty.
The Ardagh empire was built with the aggressive use of debt. Rising interest rates mean it will need to adapt its playbook.
Our natural tendency is to look for extra reasons to maintain a status quo, rather than to appreciate when underlying fundamentals are starting to change. However, I now believe that the fundamentals of the global financial system are truly changing.
It is fair to say Ireland has not coped well with booms in the public finances in the past. One simple reason is they are not the norm. The state’s finances have been in deficit far more often than they have been in surplus.
Corporate profits don't cause inflation. It's the other way around.
For the first time in 20 years, some of the multinational companies on which Ireland’s economy is based look vulnerable.
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