ISDS vs the environment

11 Jun 2021
Paul Goldrick-Kelly
In this week's blog, NERI Economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly raises questions about the compatibility between proposed trade agreements and environmental goals, particularly where they include so called Investor-state Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms. Recently, Free Trade Agreements and their...

No one should use the Covid budget deficit to invent a crisis

26 May 2021
Paul Mac Flynn
This weeks NERI blog by Co-directors, Paul Mac Flynn and Dr Tom McDonnell is an article that they wrote for the Irish Examiner on 24 May 2021. Employment and strong wages, not tax hikes, are the key to restoring the public finances. The financial crash of 2008 and the subsequent recession were...

Changing places: Shifts in employment over the lockdown

19 May 2021
Paul Mac Flynn
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn examines the Accommodation & Food Sector and why this sector is struggling to get staff after lockdown. As the vaccine programme continues to roll out and the economy begins to open up again, there are some indications of significant shifts that...

Collective Bargaining and Economic Performance

29 Apr 2021
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-director Dr Tom McDonnell explores some of the key findings from his NERI Long-Read Series 'Collective Bargaining - Trade unions, economic performance and inequality'. Does collective bargaining matter for economic performance? This crucial issue for policymakers is the...
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