Press Conference: Friday 30th, 11.15am Central Hotel, Exchequer St Dublin Campaigners say promissory deal is a stitch up and a lost opportunity The ‘Anglo: Not Our Debt’ Campaign, which includes a wide range of community,…
Monthly Archives For March 2012
What is happening to public services, infrastructure and communities in Ireland?
This is the introduction to the new book Public Private Partnerships in Ireland by Dr Rory Hearne. Published by Manchester University Press. Public service reform, privatisation, infrastructure deficits and what role should government, the state…
EU rewards Goldman Sachs for Greek debt scheme
In an earlier article, EU’s selective Lessons from Greece, we saw that EU Parliament’s investigation of the financial crisis (CRIS), and the hearing Lessons from Greece (ECON/7/02578), lacked the resolve to address the Greece/Goldman secret loan that was allegedly…
Campaigners say promissory deal is a political stroke and a lost opportunity
Press Conference & Event Notice: Friday March 30th 2012, 11.15am, Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin The ‘Anglo: Not Our Debt’ Campaign, which includes a wide range of community, global justice and other organisations, will hold…
Protest at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis 1pm March 31st
Protest at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis 1pm March 31st
Welcome to the Inequality Cycle
This was originally written for Progressive-Economy.ie We are now starting to get data to assess just who in society is getting hit and who is getting by. Of course, we know about unemployment rates, deprivation…
New Economic Think-Tank Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) Launched
You may or may not have already heard or read about the launch of the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) yesterday morning, a new economic think-tank funded by a number of trade unions affiliated to…
Kony-Stanley-Congo
Recently, the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has hit the world’s news for two reasons. One is the viral Youtube video about Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, for over 25…
Repudiate the Debt Campaign Public Meeting, Saturday 31st of March at 2pm, Ireland Institute, Pearse Street
Repudiate the Debt Campaign will be hold a public meeting this Saturday 31st of March at 2pm at the Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Due to a huge interest in this subject, please email …
Fianna Fáil: You Give a Little Love
Unlock NAMA – Wynn’s Hotel, 29th March 2012
Technical Recession on Lollypop Lane
The headline reads: ‘GDP rises for first time in four years‘. Well, that’s good news. The report goes on: ‘The Irish economy grew in 2011 . . . according to figures released yesterday by the…
iTax Dodger | Citizens for Tax Justice
iTax Dodger | Citizens for Tax Justice What to do with a cash mountain, Apple ponders, when investment is too risky. Well, one thing you certainly DON’T DO is pay tax on it. On Monday,…
Resistance is Fertile
A new wave of struggle has emerged since the 2008 crisis of capitalism began. New forms of organisation have also emerged as a new generation enters the struggle. In an article originally published in the…
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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