Author: Seán Ó Riain

May 18th, Iontas Building, Maynooth University

European small open economies have often been seen as offering a path to combining competition in a globalised economy with social cohesion and equality. With increasing attention being paid to inequality and the world trade order under growing pressure, it is timely to examine once more the small open economies of Europe and ask whether they still offer a pathway to economic openness with social protection and cohesion.

This conference draws together leading international scholars to explore the experiences of Denmark and Ireland, two of Europe’s most successful small open economies – albeit with very different definitions of success. Speakers include David Soskice, John Campbell, Darius Ornston, Bent Greve and Mary Murphy, Michelle Norris and Michael Byrne, Joe Ruane.

The conference also presents some key findings of the comparative research of the New Deals in the New Economy project, directed by Seán Ó Riain and funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant, 2012-2017.

Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/are-small-open-economies-still-the-model-denmark-and-ireland-in-comparative-perspective-tickets-33810848157

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This conference may be of interest:

Europe’s Changing Workplaces

April 3^rd 2017
National University of Ireland Maynooth

New Deals in the New Economy Project
Political Economy and Work Research Cluster
MUSSI and the Department of Sociology

Behind the deep economic troubles and political turmoil of the current era is a profound uncertainty about working life and employment – while some experience precarity and marginalisation, others work for significant rewards but at the cost of intense and intrusive work commitments. For almost all, ‘flexibility’ is an everyday reality at work – although flexibility can take many forms, for better and for worse.

• What are the patterns of work in Europe today?
• Where is work changing, and how?
• Are there the seeds of a new ‘European model’ of work and employment?
• What are its contradictions, challenges, conditions and prospects?

Admission is free but Registration is required. To view detailed programme and to register please go to:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/europes-changing-workplaces-an-international-research-conference-tickets-32197387252

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Readers of the blog may be interested in my new book “The Rise and Fall of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger: Liberalism, Boom and Bust”. With ideal timing, John Bradley’s review is in the latest edition of the Dublin Review of Books.

Table of Contents:

1 Liberalism in crisis
2 Ireland: between development and crisis
3 Capital: the triumph of finance
4 Europe: between market and diversity
5 National politics: governing fragmentation, fragmented governance
6 Crisis: the difficult politics of development and liberalism

The Irish Times reports on a British Medical Journal article regarding international suicide rates in 2009, compared to the expected rates based on suicides between 2000-2007.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/economic-crisis-linked-to-100-additional-suicides-in-state-by-international-study-1.1531208

The study is available here: http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5239

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