Ireland’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 attempting […]
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I’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 […]
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Posted in Irish journalism, financialization, irish political economy, bank inquiry, Banks, Irish Economy, Irish History, Irish social history, Irish housing, Ireland on Jan 23rd, 2015 No Comments »
Shadows never go away.
Might be you don’t see them,
but they’re always clinging to your heels.” A Song of Ice and Fire
When I was a child in primary school my way of dealing with Irish class was to find a word in the question that matched a word in the text and hope for the […]
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I already covered this in the 2nd edition of Sins of the Father, but additional confirmation here.
From page 115 of ECB Annual Report for 2013. Thanks to Nessa Ni Chasaide of Debt and Development Coalition for the reference.
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As we keep on saying, the blanket guarantee was about giving Anglo Irish Bank access to the short-term money markets - and now we have documents from HM Treasury pretty much confirming it.
Despite this, I know I’m going to have someone telling me it was the Germans wot done us…. anyways, from the […]
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Slides from presentation given at the summer school.
Who Benefits From Austerity? Mechanics Institute Limerick, May 2013 from conormccabe
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Economics as if People Really Mattered - Week Six - Conclusion from conormccabe
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Posted in capitalism, Banks on Mar 11th, 2013 1 Comment »
Selection from the 1987 publication, Debt and Danger: The World Financial Crisis, by Harold Lever and Christopher Huhne, which discusses the rise of credit in the post-war period and the austerity policies of the IMF in Latin America.
The chapters hold a lot of relevance for us here today in Ireland and the EU, as the […]
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Posted in Economy, Banks, Ireland on Mar 10th, 2013 1 Comment »
Slides for Tuesday’s workshop.
Economics As If People Really Mattered - Week Four - Galway from conormccabe
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Slides from today’s workshop.
Economics As If People Really Mattered - Week Three from conormccabe
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