Mourinho was give the Catalans a Brazilian! I am sure you was all saw the Champions League semifinals match on Wednesday night, played in Spain’s seventh most important city, Barcelona (after Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Toledo,…
Monthly Archives For April 2010
Open letter to European policymakers: The Greek crisis is a European crisis and needs European solutions
A group of economists has written an open letter to European policymakers criticising their collective failure to address the Greek crisis as a European crisis. It sets out the various causes of the Greek crisis,…
100 Years Out of Date- The Tory/UUP Joint Election Manifesto
Originally posted on Socialist Economic Bulletin. The Tory Party has launched a joint manifesto with the Ulster Unionist Party. This is a revival of a formal alliance that stretches back nearly 100 years, when the…
Our New Kick-Ass Financial Regulator
The arrival of Matthew Elderfield a.k.a. The Financial Regulator a.k.a. The Regulator a.k.a. The Sheriff of Dodge City has been universally heralded by the media and political establishment as the second coming of Christ. Well, the Christ of…
Pet Sounds
CANTON GLE SERIES HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEM ($3,046) As tested, this system comprised a pair of GLE 490 floor-standing towers, a GLE 455 center speaker, a pair of GLE 420 surrounds, and an AS 85…
It’s the Reverse Vampires! It’s the Reverse Vampires! – The Recession Diaries. April 28th
How fortunate we are to have a Government that knows what it is doing in these times of economic and fiscal crisis. And even more fortunate that we have commentators who can report this in…
Book Review: Peadar O’Donnell by Donal Ó’Drisceoil
Radical Irish Lives: Peadar O’Donnell by Donal Ó’Drisceoil – Cork University Press The recent reportage of the teachers’ unions conferences would have delighted Peadar O’Donnell, who began his career as an activist in the INTO….
Shifting the Burden
Who is shouldering the burden of the recession? The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has this month released a report which seeks to answer this question. The report argues that at the heart of government…
Minister White, here’s a better idea
I don’t know the motivation behind Minister Mary White’s first substantial decision since she was elevated: to commission assessments of three state bodies with responsibility for equality: the Equality Authority, the Equality Tribunal and the…
Bursting the Brussels Bubble – New Book Sets Out Demands for Greater Transparency in the EU
The ALTER-EU coalition today, April 26th, sets out its road map for greater transparency and accountability in the European Union with the publication of a new book: Bursting the Brussels Bubble – the battle to…
Governor’s Resignation Yet Another Alarm Call for Minister
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) has today expressed deep concern at the resignation of Kathleen McMahon, Governor of the Dóchas Centre. The issues cited by the Governor on her resignation are worrying in the…
International Call to Action to Save Ireland’s People and Environment from Shell Oil
The Irish Minister for the Environment, John Gormley T.D., may be about to grant permission for a final stage of a major gas project (the Corrib Gas Project) led by Shell Oil that has ruined…
The Great Fiscal Shell Game. The Recession Diaries – April 22nd
The only enjoyable aspect of Eurostat’s decision to reclassify the Anglo-Irish Bank subsidy as a liability on the General Government Balance/Debt is to watch the Government’s hands move even faster in an increasingly vain attempt…
The Majority of Trade Union National Executives have now urged a “No”Vote
The Majority of Trade Union National Executives have now urged a “No”Vote ZOMBIE BANKS, ZOMBIE GOVERNMENT ICTU UNION LEADERS MARCHED YOU AROUND THE STREETS TWICE LAST YEAR AND BROUGHT YOU OUT ON STRIKE, CLAIMING “THERE…
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- Notes for a Book on Money and the Irish State - The Marshall Aid Program April 2, 2016Ireland’s Economy: Radio Eireann talks on Ireland’s part in the Marshall Plan. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1949 [official/government publication] NLI: OPIE X 26.A Forward by the Taoiseach Mr. John A. Costello S.C., T.D. (pp.1-2) Since its inception European Economic Co-operation has done much towards restoring European economic solvency and has challenged the forces which have been […]Conor McCabe
- The Financial Crisis:What Have We Learnt? August 29, 2015I start teaching a level one (introduction level) module in UCD Monday Week on the Financial Crisis. As always, I’ll post what I can here to share it with activists and progressives. This is a short audio I’m putting up for the students to give them a sense of where the module is coming from. […]Conor McCabe
- Money in 35,000 Words or Less August 22, 2015I’ve been asked to write a short book on money. The manuscript is due in the end of April 2016. As with most things I do with political economy and education I’ll be posting stuff here as I go along. I just find it an interesting way of working through ideas, concepts and analysis. Anyway, […]Conor McCabe
- THE WRATH OF KANE: BANKING CRISES AND POLITICAL POWER January 30, 2015I’ll be writing more about this at the weekend but I think this is a good standalone clip from evidence to the banking inquiry given by Prof. Ed Kane on Wednesday 28 Jan 2015. He was asked by Deputy Pearse Doherty to elaborate on the statement below which was made in a paper that […]Conor McCabe