The Survey on Income and Living Conditions, which forms the basis for most of our discussion on income distribution in Ireland, excludes key sources of income at the top and overstates the income of many low-wage workers. When we hear, ‘we have the most progressive income tax system in the world’,...

In this NERI Blog, Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director looks beyond the current crisis to discuss some of the principles that should guide economic policy into the 2020s, whether in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, or further afield. The world economy is suffering through its deepest...

In our latest blog, NERI Co-director, Paul Mac Flynn discusses what it is we are actually trying to rescue post-lockdown? The UK budget earlier this month saw the Westminster government’s first attempt to provide a post-lockdown boost for the economy. As the European Union finalises the details of...

In our latest blog, NERI economist, Paul Goldrick-Kelly discusses the need to reduce carbon emissions. Climate change linked to human activities represents one of humanity’s singular challenges and its effects are already being felt. Political groups and movements have grown, highlighting carbon...

What should guide fiscal policy in the short-to-medium term? What are our goals? How should governments respond to the economic wreckage of the Coronavirus? We can debate policy specifics but the general policy thrust has to date been broadly appropriate. Governments in Europe have moved swiftly and...