Dispelling some illusions
‘It shall be the first duty of the Government of the Republic to make provision for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the children, to secure that no child shall suffer hunger or cold from lack of food, clothing, or shelter.’ So reads the revised Democratic Programme of January 1919...
An Ireland Worth Working for - towards a new democratic programme
Later today, Monday 15 th April, the Nevin Economic Research Institute along with New Island Books will launch An Ireland Worth Working For: Towards a new democratic programme. This book is about the future of Ireland – its economy and society and its people. It sets out a vision for the whole of...
New Ideas and Growth: Some Policy Implications
In the latest NERI inBrief I outline some of the main concepts and principles that policymakers can use as part of a framework for generating sustainable long-run economic growth. We can make a number of points. First, sustainable growth is dependent on continuous productivity gains arising from...
Industrial Stategy - It's all in the game
Foreign Direct Investment is something we talk a lot about in Northern Ireland. In terms of the industrial development we actually talk about little else. Getting big multinational firms to invest in Northern Ireland is seen as one of the key avenues to lifting our growth rate and becoming a...
Industrial Strategy - It's all in the game
Foreign Direct Investment is something we talk a lot about in Northern Ireland. In terms of the industrial development we actually talk about little else. Getting big multinational firms to invest in Northern Ireland is seen as one of the key avenues to lifting our growth rate and becoming a...
Future positive
Let me begin this year with a confession. Had the NERI been in existence 11 years ago in January 2008 we might have anticipated an economic slow down rather than the biggest global economic crash since the 1920s. Economists and others, naturally, extrapolate from various trends over the preceding...
New NERI Working Paper - Innovation and Growth: Concepts and Policy Implications
The NERI's latest addition to its enterprise project is released today. You can find it on the website here. This working paper will underpin much of our research in 2019. The paper focuses on sustainable and inclusive long-run economic growth. The core idea is that knowledge and new ideas...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Post Budget Seminar 2018
Slides from NERI Post Budget Seminar held in the INTO Learning Centre on 17th October. The three speakers each made a brief presentation responding to aspects of Budget 2019. The presentations were delivered by Fergal O'Brien (IBEC), Michael Taft (SIPTU) and Dr Sinead Pembroke (TASC) Budget 2019...
NERI Seminar Belfast: Rebalancing and Regional Economic Performances: Northern Ireland in a Nordic Mirror
Slides from NERI Seminar Belfast: Rebalancing and Regional Economic Performances: Northern Ireland in a Nordic Mirror presented by Dr Esmond Birnie, Ulster University and Dr Graham Brownlow, Queen's University Belfast on 15th November, 2018.
NERI Seminar Dublin: Context for Budget 2019: A Long-run Focus
Dr Tom McDonnell presentation at NERI seminar Dublin: