What are fiscal councils, and what do they do?

Lars Calmfors and Simon Wren-Lewis write on this topic in this VOX article.

In turn, this is based on a more detailed paper which is available here.

The Euro and Zombie Banks

Tyler Cowen writes on the euro in this NYT article.

Privatisation in Ireland

Donal Palcic and Eoin Reeves from UL have authored a new book on this topic: details here.

Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities

The report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities has been published here. While some of the key recommendations had been signalled over recent days in the media there is a lot of detail in the report. Apart from the recommendations on asset disposal there are lots of recommendations on the regulation and governance of state bodies. 

Nyberg Report on Banking Sector

The Nyberg Report is available here.