Author: Philip Lane

US tech and pharma park cash offshore

FT analysis here.

Worth a Try: A Statistical Analysis of Brian O’Driscoll’s Contribution to the Irish Rugby Team

here.

IMF Global Housing Watch / BIS Property Price Data

New IMF housing data and research page here.

New BIS property price data also:

TASC Conference on 20th June

TASC’s Annual Conference (‘The Challenge of Economic Inequality to Recovery and Wellbeing’) is taking place on Friday 20th June in the Hogan Suite, Croke Park Conference Centre. Places remain for the afternoon keynote address by Professor Thomas Piketty, with a response by Professor Patrick Honohan and discussion session.

The afternoon session will begin at 2pm sharp, with people asked to take their seats at 1.45pm, as Prof. Piketty is flying in and out on the same day. Booking details are available here.

The full conference programme is here.

(Although the morning session is fully booked, TASC will also be video-recording all sessions and making these recordings available via our website afterwards. If someone is strongly interested in attending the morning session, they should contact Nat O’Connor on noconnor@tasc.ie)

Irish Times: Freeze Public Sector Pay for 70 years

This Irish Times article effectively advocates that public sector pay should be frozen in real terms for the next 70 years, with wage growth no higher than inflation –  here.