Bernanke lays out the role for government policies in promoting R&D in this speech. While the set of issues surely differs between the US and Ireland, this is relevant for the local debate here also.
Author: Philip Lane
My colleague adds to the Morgan Kelly literature in this SBP article.
The NYT has a long magazine article on the Icelandic economic recovery: you can read it here.
The Economics Focus page in this week’s Economist lays out the strengths and limitations of formal fiscal rules: available here.
Available here (second item).