Dan O'Brien
Dan O'Brien is Economics Editor of The Irish Times. He reports, analyses and comments on economic developments and trends. He also covers economic policy-making issues in Ireland, the EU and internationally.
- Opponents of treaty fail to perceive real dangers of rejection
ECONOMICS:IN ANY situation at any time, risks abound. That is the nature of our world. - Dark vista outlined for near-term growth
ANALYSIS:'Stability Pact Update’ paints a downbeat economic picture - Figures are hardly music to Irish ears
PUTTING TOGETHER figures published yesterday by the Department of Finance in Dublin and by the Luxembourg-based EU statistics body Eurostat was illuminating. Together, they allow a glimpse of the true state of the public finances in 2011 (the monthly “exchequer returns” omit chunks of revenue and spending and are thus of limited value in understanding the big picture).
- Decades on and still no software to raise productivity
ECONOMICS: ‘YOU CAN see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” So said Nobel Prize-winning US economist, Robert Solow, in 1987 – a full quarter of a century ago. - Inequality can increase for good as well as bad reasons
ECONOMICS:EQUALITY, THOUGH seemingly straightforward, is a complex issue. Is equality of opportunity more important than equality of outcomes? If it is easy to move up (and down) the ladder, will outcomes merely reflect individual preferences? Is equality of income or wealth the best measure of material equality, and what are its most important determinants? - Polarised views on austerity miss the point
ECONOMICS:TWO VIEWS put forward this week illustrate just how polarised the debate on fiscal policy has become.
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