Fixing Finance: IIEA Series

The IIEA is hosting some excellent speakers in the coming weeks: David Wright, Deputy Director General of DG MARKET at the European Commission; Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank; and Justin O’ Brien, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australian National University.

Full details are available here.

Reminder: Keep It Civil!

The intended purpose of this blog plus some operational guidelines are available here.

I would ask all those making contributions to maintain a civil tone. While it is sometimes tempting, it distracts from the usefulness of the site if commenters are sidetracked into ‘playing the man, not the ball’  (even if provoked!).  Also, any posts using unparliamentary language will be deleted.

Thanks, Philip.

Fiscal Consolidation II – Lessons from the Last Time

Colm McCarthy’s Kenmare paper is now available as Irish Economy Note No.8.

Special Pleading from Yet Another Interest Group

A reader has noticed this call from the nation’s astrologers for extra public funding.

Fiscal Policy for Recovery

The paper presented by John Fitzgerald at the Kenmare conference is available here.