Posted in Economy on Jul 30th, 2012 No Comments »
I’m writing up an article on the shadow banking system for the print edition of Irish Left Review that we’re hoping to bring out sometime in September, and at the moment I’m working through my description and analysis of the emergence of the euro-dollar and the break-up of the Bretton Woods system. I’ve gone back […]
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Posted in Bankrupt ireland on Jul 29th, 2012 No Comments »
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Posted in EU, Economy on Jul 28th, 2012 No Comments »
Posted in Ireland on Jul 28th, 2012 No Comments »
There is a €2,000 penalty for the false use of an emergency button on a Dublin Luas tram. Press it twice and you will be liable for a greater fine than the one faced by Sean Fitzpatrick under section 60 of the Companies Act.
The comparison may be a mite unfair, though, as Fitzpatrick has […]
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Posted in Ireland on Jul 28th, 2012 No Comments »
Posted in dublin on Jul 22nd, 2012 2 Comments »
I’m up in that Dublin for the week, minding my sister’s house and getting some work done in the libraries. Yesterday I went for a cycle around town after Trinity closed on its half-day Saturday, and ended up in the Park where I didn’t see any deers but did come across this instead.
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Posted in Irish Capitalism on Jul 19th, 2012 No Comments »
Posted in capitalism, Bastards on Jul 17th, 2012 No Comments »
You know when you read a phrase or someone mentions it and it kind of rings a bell?
Well, I always associate the phrase ‘we’re no angels’ not with the two films of that name, but with John Burton mainly because of the column written by Gene Kerrigan where he tells the story of Fine […]
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Posted in money workshop on Jul 17th, 2012 No Comments »
I meant to place this powerpoint with an audio of the workshop held last week but it didn’t quite work out the way I expected. I’m not sure the presentation will make much sense to anyone who wasn’t there, but I thought I’d put it up all the same.
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