A Plea for Growth to Europe’s Politicians
This morning I am giving a talk to a meeting in Dublin of the chairpersons of the 27 EU finance […]
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Fiscal Compact Treaty
Voting No? Consider Reading this Post
I’m voting Yes to today’s referendum on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance. I know many people are voting
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What is the One-Twentieth Rule and Does It Imply Additional Austerity?
One of the components of the Treaty on Stability, Co-Ordination and Governance that has received a lot of attention from
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Will this Treaty Imply More Austerity for Ireland?
The debate in the opening week of Ireland’s referendum campaign on the Treaty on Stability, Co-Ordination and Governance has largely
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If Economics of the Treaty are Terrible, Why Vote for It?
John McManus’s rather sad and sneering economist-bashing article today gives another public outing to my now-way-over-exposed sentence “All that said,
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Morning Ireland Appearance on IMF: April 30, 2012
I appeared on RTE’s Morning Ireland earlier today to discuss the possibility of Ireland obtaining a loan from the IMF.
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Ireland and the IMF After a No Vote
The lead story in today’s Irish edition of the Sunday Times was titled “Treaty no bar to IMF bailout.” The
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Presentation on Fiscal Treaty to Labour Party: April 28, 2012
This morning I gave a presentation on the Fiscal Treaty to members of the Labour Party. The slides are available
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Presentation on Macro Imbalances to European Parliament ECON Committee: April 24, 2012
The slides from my presentation of macroeconomic imbalances to the European Parliament’s ECON Committee are available here as a PowerPoint
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Today in Selective Quotations: Sinn Fein Fiscal Treaty Edition
Someone has just shown me a leaflet distributed by Sinn Fein promoting the case for a No vote on the
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Business and Finance Article: Second Bailout Ahead
Here‘s an article I wrote for this month’s Business and Finance. After the excessive focus on the relatively unimportant issue
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Output Gaps: Better With Hindsight
Twenty five countries in Europe are expected to pass the Fiscal Compact, thus committing themselves to via an international treaty
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Gavyn Davies Making Sense on Debt
Quite a few people on the internets have flagged Gavyn Davies’s article “You can’t solve a debt crisis with more
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Why Did Noonan Sign the ESM Treaty?
Nama Wine Lake asks “What did Michael Noonan get in return for an agreement which may leave this country stranded
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ICTU Meeting on Fiscal Compact Treaty
This morning I attended a meeting of the Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to speak about
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Killing Public Debt, Not Keynes
The excellent Seamus Coffey has a useful post on the implications of the Fiscal Compact rules for the ability of
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VB Show on Fiscal Compact: February 29, 2012
People outside Ireland wondering how the Treaty referendum campaign is going to go could do worse than to check out
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Golden Rule or Golden Straightjacket? Vox EU Article on Fiscal Compact
Here‘s an article I wrote on the Fiscal Compact for VoxEU. It’s an amended version of this article published in
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