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Wed 07 Jul 2009Time to admit that job subsidies will not be effective
Even left-wing economists agree that the plan to spend €250 million on job subsidies will not work, writes SARAH CAREY
I NEARLY fell off the couch the other night. There I was with one eye on the Grey’s Anatomy season finale and another on the internet. Then I saw it – the pseudonymous blogger Sli Eile on “progressive economy” agreed with a post by UCD economist Karl Whelan on “Irish economy”. The marriage of the terminally ill but suspiciously healthy looking Izzie would have to wait.
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