Banking - Karl Whelan

Thoughts on “Teaching Economics After the Crash”

I used Medium to write a post and found it quite a pleasant experience. Not sure the same will be […]

Last week, the Central Bank of Ireland published an important consultation paper. Despite the boring title (“Macro-prudential policy for residential

Prior to the recent European elections, I was commissioned by the Labour Party to write a briefing document outlining the

The most important thing happening in the European economy over the next year is the ECB’s comprehensive assessment of large euro area

I received a number of thoughtful comments on yesterday’s article on Bitcoin and wanted to follow up on a couple of important

As Bitcoin goes through another day of crazy price fluctuations and huge publicity, this time courtesy of the U.S. Senate, I recommend two

I’m giving a presentation tomorrow afternoon at the annual Dublin Economics Workshop conference in Limerick. (For those of you who don’t know these

Five years ago, Ireland’s government guaranteed almost all of the debts of six privately-owned banks. The subsequent bailout of these

I was in Brussels on Monday and attended the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for its latest meeting

Probably the biggest economic story in Europe this week has been the release of recorded phone calls from 2008 between executives of