A friend has alerted me to this post on the famous Phillips machine, which several of us learned about in Antoin Murphy’s class years ago. The accompanying video is magnificent. Although Phillips was a New Zealander, I can’t help but be reminded of George Orwell’s comments on the English love of hobbies, in this wonderful essay.
Month: June 2009
Ronan Lyon’s final post on this thread is available at this link
By necessity, there is a lot of educated guess-work in the post. For example, the working assumption in Ronan’s analysis is that recent layoffs are as likely to be homeowners as not. Nevertheless, the effects of the double-whammy of unemployment and negative equity affecting Dublin’s commuter belt is an issue that Ronan’s post usefully highlights.
The IMF is running a workshop on fiscal policy today: many of the conference presentations can be found here.
TCD are hosting the Infiniti Conference on International Finance on June 8-9. Full details and booking forms are here. More information below the fold.