Europe’s €200 billion reverse wealth tax explained

Harald Hau is an excellent German academic financial economist  (living in France) – his take on last week’s deal is available here.

Ireland’s Economic Recovery: An Analysis and Exploration

The NESC Secretariat have released a paper on this topic: available here.

PSI: Greece

The European Commission has released details of the PSI element of the Greek deal: you can find the note here.

The Macroeconomic Challenges Facing Ireland

My talk at the MacGill Summer School yesterday was based on this paper.  Core point: I argue that last week’s European deal calls for an acceleration in the pace of Irish fiscal adjustment.

Update: The webcast for this session (also featuring David Begg, Brigid Laffan and Colm McCarthy) is available here.

Update:  The Irish Times carries a shorter, edited version of my talk in this article.

Latest Issue of the Economic and Social Review

Vol 42 Issue 2 (Summer 2011) of the Economic and Social Review is available online here

The Economic and Social Review invites high-quality submissions in economics, sociology and cognate disciplines on topics of relevance to Ireland. Contributions based on original empirical research and employing a comparative international approach are particularly encouraged.

Published papers are listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.