Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Limerick.
Brian Lucey writes on this topic on his blog. Given the serious discussions around gender quotas in politics, and around female labour force participation more generally, the post is timely and worth a read.
By the way, are there any women who read this blog here today?
Randy Wray is a prominent economist writing in the post-Keynesian tradition, and is very prominent in the debates online around Modern Monetary Theory. He has an intriguing paper on a jobs guarantee scheme for Ireland here. I’m sure our readers will have lots to say about this proposal, and it is welcome food for thought.
I think it is, Brian Keegan of Chartered Accountants Ireland thinks not, and I respond to Mr Keegan’s piece here.
Let’s try something. We have a lot of information on the fiscal compact between the moderators and the readers of this site. The public at large would like to know more about the fiscal compact-what it is, what is it supposed to do, how it is supposed to work, and its potential ramifications.
So let’s put something together. I volunteer to edit and typeset a booklet (type thing) for free download here on the Irisheconomy blog as an Irisheconomy note. Let’s set ourselves a deadline for perhaps 2 weeks’ time.
What I’m looking for are short pieces of text, links, illustrative examples, and source documents, contributed by commenters.
Obvious links are the treaty itself, and Seamus’ Oireachtas briefing document.