Three questions arise. Why would any non-European country be willing to accept another European IMF head? Would it not be better for the Europeans themselves if a non-European IMF head provided us with an “adult in the room” at times of crisis? And why would any European be happy living in a monetary union in which a politicized central bank cannot be relied upon to act as a lender of last resort, and in which their guns could be turned on any (sufficiently small) member state in a time of crisis?
Today’s Irish Times carries my views on the immense damage that the Syriza-led government has done to the Greek economy in a short space of time. Link is here.
New article by Paul Corcoran, Eve Griffin, Ella Arensman, Anthony P Fitzgerald and Ivan J Perry – here.
The Bank of Lithuania is hosting a conference on this topic today – materials here (including a presentation by Mark Cassidy of Central Bank of Ireland).
Articles
| Network Social Capital and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence For Ireland | |
| Gerard Brady | 163–195 |
| Spillover in Euro Area Sovereign Bond Markets | |
| Thomas Conefrey, David Cronin | 197–231 |
| A Formal Investigation of Inequalities in Health Behaviours After Age 50 on the Island of Ireland | |
| Eibhlín Hudson, David Madden, Irene Mosca | 233–265 |
| Is Fuel Poverty in Ireland a Distinct Type of Deprivation? | |
| Dorothy Watson, Bertrand Maitre | 267–291 |
Policy Section Articles
| Deciphering Ireland’s Macroeconomic Imbalance Indicators: Statistical Considerations | |
| Mary Cussen | 293–313 |
| Policy and Economic Change in the Agri-Food Sector in Ireland | |
| Cathal O’Donoghue, Thia Hennessy | 315–337 |