Accountability and Sustainability

Frank Convery has an interesting piece under this title on the Comhar Blog

Some moderately good news

The November Live Register SA total shows a drop of 3.5% from the August peak.

The November Exchequer Returns are broadly on target.

UNDP Human Development Index

Ireland’s high ranking on the UNDP Human Development Index attracted relatively little attention in the press, whose focus is understandably on gloomier matters.

I am sure readers of this Blog will find much to discuss in the Report.

Frank Convery on ‘The Irish Economy’

Over at Comhar, Frank Convery has posted a detailed analysis of this Blog.

Paul Volcker on Ireland

Towards the end of a recent essay in The New York Review of Books (‘The Time We Have Is Growing Short’) Paul Volcker has some interesting remarks to make about the Irish economic situation.