This morning I gave a presentation on the Fiscal Treaty to members of the Labour Party. The slides are available […]
Presentation on Fiscal Treaty to Labour Party: April 28, 2012 Read Post »
The slides from my presentation of macroeconomic imbalances to the European Parliament’s ECON Committee are available here as a PowerPoint
Presentation on Macro Imbalances to European Parliament ECON Committee: April 24, 2012 Read Post »
I’m off to Brussels in the morning to present my latest briefing paper to the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee
Monetary Dialogue Briefing Papers: April 2012 Read Post »
Someone has just shown me a leaflet distributed by Sinn Fein promoting the case for a No vote on the
Today in Selective Quotations: Sinn Fein Fiscal Treaty Edition Read Post »
One of the great myths about the Irish economy that has circulated in recent years is the idea that the
No Mr. Noonan, NAMA Does Not Borrow From the ECB Read Post »
CESIfo Group, the research Institute of which Hans-Werner Sinn is president, has developed a fondness for issuing anonymous press releases
CESIfo Embarrasses Itself Again Read Post »
I’d like to endorse Felix Salmon’s comments on Richard Koo’s idea that banning Euro area governments from selling sovereign bonds
Richard Koo’s Euro Crisis Non-Solution Read Post »
A number of people have asked me since I wrote this post about AIB and Bank of Ireland failing to
SME Credit and Deleveraging Targets Read Post »
During my appearance on the Vincent Browne show a few weeks ago, government TD Damien English told me that the
Irish Banks Are Not Meeting Their SME Lending Commitments Read Post »
Earlier today, I completed my latest briefing paper (titled “Macroeconomic Imbalances in the Euro Area”) for the European Parliament’s Committee
New Briefing Paper: Macroeconomic Imbalances in the Euro Area Read Post »
I was interviewed on Morning Ireland earlier today about the prospect of a deal with the EU on Ireland’s promissory
Morning Ireland Interview on Promissory Notes: April 4 Read Post »
From a public relations point of view, the revised promissory note arrangement has been a great success for the Irish
Promissory Note Arrangement an Exercise in Political Optics Read Post »
Here‘s an article I wrote for this month’s Business and Finance. After the excessive focus on the relatively unimportant issue
Business and Finance Article: Second Bailout Ahead Read Post »
I appeared on TV3’s Vincent Browne show last night to discuss the new promissory note arrangement. The video of the
Vincent Browne Show: March 29, 2012 Read Post »
Yesterday’s promissory note announcement was so complex that one might imagine that the government’s officials have been cooking up the
Promissory Note “Deal”: Not What Had Been, Em, Promised Read Post »
Despite a lot of hype in recent weeks that the Irish government were going to arrive at a deal with
Promissory Note “Deal” Fails to Meet Low Expectations Read Post »
Last December, VoxEU published an article by Aaron Tornell of UCLA and Frank Westermann of University Osnabrueck titled “Eurozone Crisis,
No, the ECB Has Not Hit a Limit Read Post »
It is now clear that compliance with the household charge due on March 31 is going fall well short of
Delay Household Charge Until September 30 Read Post »
There has been a lot of media coverage in Ireland this week of a potential deal in the coming days
Standalone Deal on March 31 Payment Not Important Read Post »
Dáil Éireann Private Members’ Business Counter Motion Government Speech Wednesday 22nd March Check against Delivery I move amendment No. 1:
Micheal Noonan’s Statement on Promissory Notes: March 21, 2012 Read Post »
This article by Paul Mooney titled “Inside Third Level” has been the most-read article on the Irish Times website over
Paul Mooney: “Inside” Third Level? Read Post »