Pareto at Melos | Cosma Shalizi […] There are multiple arguments to be made on behalf of the market system. The one which the mainstream of the discipline of economics likes to emphasize, and to…
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The G192 report | Robert H Wade
From Le Monde Diplomatique , August 2012 The G192 report | Robert H Wade Among those who care about the fate of the United Nations it is widely assumed — and regretted — that the…
Can Europe’s Mainstream Left Reconnect with Socialism and Economic Democracy? | Nyegosh Dube
Can Europe’s Mainstream Left Reconnect with Socialism and Economic Democracy? | Nyegosh Dube on Social Europe Journal Recent elections in France have given the Socialist Party control of both the executive and legislative branches. Good…
Mark Ames | The Quiet Extermination Of Labor Rights From Human Rights
This is written from a USA perspective. The specific details of who did what when do differ here in Ireland, and some of worst of the problems may not be so dire because of EU…
Chris Dillow | Marx was right
Chris Dillow | Marx was right Here’s a new paper: We use a vector autoregression (VAR) methodology to assess the empirical relevance of an augmented CPS [cyclical profit squeeze] model for the U.S. economy…Our results…
President Michael D Higgins | Of Public Intellectuals, Universities, and a Democratic Crisis
President Michael D Higgins | Of Public Intellectuals, Universities, and a Democratic Crisis At the London School of Economics, 21 February 2012 […] Standing in support of unregulated markets, of unaccountable capital flows, of virtual…
Chris Dillow | Capitalism against freedom
Chris Dillow | Capitalism against freedom […] During the Cold War, opponents of communism routinely, and not entirely wrongly, claimed to be champions of liberty. Freedom for capitalists and freedom of speech and thought go…
Ian Stewart | The mathematical equation that caused the banks to crash
Ian Stewart | The mathematical equation that caused the banks to crash In The Observer, Sunday 12 February 2012 Anyone who has followed the crisis will understand that the real economy of businesses and commodities…
Is Ireland really the role model for austerity? | Stephen Kinsella | Cambridge Journal of Economics
Is Ireland really the role model for austerity? | Stephen Kinsella | Cambridge Journal of Economics Abstract This paper describes the causes and consequences of Ireland’s economic crisis in the context of the policy solution…
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success | Anu Partanen
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success | Anu Partanen [You could easily replace “Americans” — both in the title and throughout the article — with “Ruairí Quinn” — Tombuktu] One of the hottest…
Gerard Murphy | Framing Propaganda: Print Media Coverage of Irish Public Service Workers
[The following paragraph is an extract from a comment by Gerard Murphy, made in a discussion on Cedar Lounge Revolution. It draws on research he did at UL. A paper from the UL journal ‘Socheolas’…
Stumbling and Mumbling | “Demands”
“Demands” by Chris Dillow at Stumbling and Mumbling James Bloodworth’s post, entitled “some basic demands the left must start to make” raises a longstanding peeve of mine. This is that the use of the word…
Piketty, Saez, and Stantcheva | Taxing the 1%: Why the top tax rate could be over 80%
Piketty, Saez, and Stantcheva | Taxing the 1%: Why the top tax rate could be over 80% […] At a time when most OECD countries face large deficits and debt burdens, a crucial public policy…
300 economists give support for the Occupy Wall Street movement
300 economists give support for the Occupy Wall Street movement On November 13th 2011, economists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst issued an open statement pledging support to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Since then about…
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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