SIPTU Webinar: A Progressive Fiscal Framework 10th September 2020
SIPTU calls for largescale investment programme in new Progressive Fiscal Framework. SIPTU has launched a comprehensive fiscal policy that seeks to meet the challenges facing the economy and society...
NERI Video Series ep 11 - Where do we go from here? Principles for the 2020's economy
NERI Economist Ciarán Nugent asks NERI co-director Dr Tom McDonnell about his most recent long-read: Where do we go from here? Principles for the 2020's economy. Productive capacity, inclusivity and...
Women's livelihoods must not be sacrificed after lockdown
In this weeks blog Dr Lisa Wilson looks at the impact of lockdown, and in particular the impact on women's labour market participation. She calls on Government to do more to ensure that more women are not forced to leave the labour market owing to a lack of access to childcare. The lockdown, put...
8th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference - Webinar
The 8th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with UCD took place on Thursday 17th & Friday 18th September, 2020 and due to the Covid-19 crisis it was run as a webinar. The webinar was run from 09:20 - 15:35 on day one and 09:20 - 15:10 on day two and include 37 research papers on...
Where do we go from here? Principles for the 2020s economy
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...
Rescue may not be enough for recovery
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...
False economies and the elephant in the room
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...
NERI Lecture Series (Maynooth University): Economics, Capitalism, Neoliberalism
External event contribution Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director presented a lecture to the PhD programme at Maynooth University on 10th June, 2020.
NERI Lecture Series (Maynooth University): Political Economy Primer
External event contribution Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director presented a lecture to the PhD programme at Maynooth University on 19th June, 2020.
Unlocking the economy: a slow and steady stepwise approach
In our latest blog, NERI Co-director Dr Tom McDonnell looks at ways of unlocking the economy and preparing for our new future. Predictions that the global economy is entering its worst recession since the great depression are being realised. The first quarter data is dire and the second quarter data...