This week’s edition of The Economist includes an article about the relation between social cohesion and reform: you can read it here.
The IMF has raised its growth projections for 2010 and 2011. Although the fastest-growing countries are in the emerging markets group, the upward revisions in the growth forecasts for the euro area, US and UK are also quite substantial (relative to priors): you can get more details here.
Alan Ahearne’s Paddy Ryan Memorial Lecture at NUI (for now) Galway is available below. He gives a rationale for current government banking and fiscal policy (HT Stephen Kinsella).
You can read the latest NCC study on this topic here.
An old friend has alerted me to this short note which has impressive pictures, and gloomy implications as far as Ireland is concerned.