Ireland, the EU and the Apple tax case
Ireland led the ‘race to the bottom’ on corporate taxation. The tide is beginning to turn.
The IRA and European industrial policy
With the US turning interventionist, the EU will look foolish still backing ‘free markets’. Time for an enterprise policy.
From ‘free-market’ to subsidised capitalism
To deal with the climate crisis, governments must recognise that only the state has allowed the last three crises to be contained.
Inflation in the strongest recovery since 1945
Governments should ignore siren warnings that only hyperinflation can come from pandemic-induced investments.
An effective corporation-tax system for the EU
Tax wars have so far denied the EU the unanimity required to stop the race to the bottom on corporation tax.
Ireland’s recovery: from bust to buoyancy … to Brexit?
If procyclical domestic policies inflated Ireland’s economic bubble, procyclical austerity demanded by the troika which bailed it out makes Ireland’s recovery all the more remarkable.
Ireland’s route from boom to bubble to bust
Ireland’s volatile economic path of recent decades has wider European policy implications. Part one: the ‘Celtic Tiger’ and its demise
The Collapse Of European Social Democracy, Part 2
In the first part of his analysis Paul Sweeney pointed to a variety of causes behind the decline of social democracy over the past 30
The Collapse Of European Social Democracy, Part 1
Introduction Social Democracy (SD) has been the most powerful political force in Europe since the Second World War. It turned the nation state into the
What Hope For Civilisation If Apple Pays No Tax?
Brussels has been accused of “bending the rules” in its pursuit of Apple for €13 billion in taxes it says should have been paid in
On Apple Tax, State Must Side With Its Citizens
It is widely agreed that globalisation has brought immense benefits. But it is also recognised that these benefits are not equally distributed. Last week’s Apple
Curbing Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion And Tax Havens
The aggressive tax avoidance by multinational corporations (MNCs) where they are now paying virtually no tax was highlighted recently by the takeover of “Irish” company
How Globalisation And Technology Drive Insecurity
People are insecure. Young people worry about getting a decent job, finding a secure home and having to pay off the vast debts run up
My Experience With The Troika In Ireland
The day the Troika came to town was a dark day for the Irish. Troika is a Russian word meaning a sled drawn by three