Colm McCarthy on the Fiscal Position

Colm McCarthy’s presentation to the Green Party conference this weekend is available here.
McCarthy Green Conference March 7th 2009

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Analysis of the Fiscal Problem

Read the article by Jim O’Leary in today’s Irish Times.

Buiter on Research in Macroeconomics

The current crisis certainly requires the economics research community to reflect on the appropriate allocation of research effort in terms of topics and methods. Willem Buiter gives his views here.

Profile of Colm McCarthy

Colm McCarthy is profiled in today’s Irish Times: you can read it here.  (Includes several excerpts from his blogging on this site!)

Fiscal Update

The February exchequer returns are available here; the statement also includes the announcement that further fiscal stabilisation measures will be announced later this month.

See also the Irish Times report.