Ireland Paying a High Price for Austerity

The New York Times carries a lengthy article (plus plenty of photos in a slideshow format) on the Irish situation: you can read it here.

A more accurate and comprehensive headline might have been: “Ireland paying a high price for boom-bust cycle in property sector and attendant banking crisis, amplified and abetted by procyclical fiscal policy and now requiring a sustained fiscal correction”  – but that is probably too long!

Update:  Paul Krugman adds his view in this post.

Morgan Kelly on VOX: Whatever Happened to Ireland?

Morgan writes an overview of the Irish crisis at VOX: you can read it here.

Morgan Kelly on the Irish economy

Morgan has an op-ed in the Irish Times describing the jobs and debt crises in Ireland: you can read it here.

NESC Report: Next Steps in Addressing Ireland’s Five-Part Crisis: Combining Retrenchment with Reform

NESC has released a new report on how to address the current crisis situation: you can download it here.