Guest Post: Response from Frank Convery

In this guest post, Frank Convery responds to the various comments made on this blog over the past few days and the initial post by Richard Tol:

Holbrooke Shields and others re Censorship

‘Is Comhar SDC practicing a form of censorship by not publishing Richard Tol’s comment

Response

Tol’s comment was received on Friday 20th at 11:47, and it was posted Monday 23 at 09:59, as were the comments by Holbrooke and Lucey which were submitted on Saturday 21st . The delay was a product of the fact all comments have to go through an administrator because a huge amount of spam comes through, and the office is not staffed over the week end.

Conclusion

Discussion is appreciated and welcome. Keep paranoia at bay if there is a delay in posting. We’ll check out the management of Irisheconomy.ie to see if turnaround can be improved.

Beal na mBlath Speech

The speech by Minister Lenihan is available here.

Fast-Growth Economies

Patrick Honohan’s Tokyo speech is a wide-ranging essay on different varieties of economic growth and the transition between fundamentals-based growth and unsustainable growth: you can read it here.

Money Pit

This week’s edition of The Economist reports on the lrish banking crisis: you can read it here.

Honohan at Renmin University

His Beijing speech is available here.