A strange notion of freedom
The Irish Tax Institute does not disappoint. It describes itself as ‘the only professional body exclusively dedicated to tax’. In a way, this is an odd description because readers of its yearly pre- and post-budget documentation may have the impression that tax is an evil, but a necessary one at...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Context for Budget 2019: A Long-run Focus
Dr Tom McDonnell presentation at NERI seminar Dublin:
NERI Seminar Dublin: Healthcare - Time for a New Deal
Slides from NERI Seminar: 'Healthcare - Time for a New Deal' presented by Dr Tom Healy, Director, NERI and Paul Goldrick-Kelly, Economist, NERI on 12th September, 2018. Slides NERI Seminar - PGK & TH - 12 Sept 18 from NevinInstitute
A Household net wealth tax for the Republic of Ireland.
Is a wealth tax on net households assets worth over €1 million feasible? Is it desirable? I discuss these issues in the latest NERI inBrief which can be found here. Many of the core principles for net wealth tax design are outlined in an earlier NERI/TASC Working Paper which can be found here. The...
The chicken and the egg – which comes first? - Reforming or funding our healthcare system?
The publication, in the Republic of Ireland, of the Sláintecare Report over year ago was a landmark achievement. For the first time it appeared that almost all political parties were united in a commitment to a single-tier, comprehensive and a well-funded system of healthcare with the commitment of...
Cost Rental made simple
‘Cost-rental’ is a term that has come into popular use in the last year or two. While most people declared themselves supportive of the idea, it is not always obvious that people mean the same thing when using this term. Let me explain briefly and concisely what it means. ‘Cost-rental’ is a social...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Ireland's Private Pension System: the gender dimension
Slides from NERI Seminar: 'Ireland's Private Pension System: the gender dimension' presented by Dr Micheál Collins, Assistant Professor of Social Policy at School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD on 2nd May, 2018. Presentation gender pensions neri seminar m collins ucd 2 may 18...
To solve the housing crisis, we need to fix our broken land economy
A guest article by Laurie Macfarlane. The UK, along with many other advanced economies, is facing a major housing affordability crisis. Average house prices are now on average nearly eight times that of incomes across England and Wales, and up to 39 times in parts of central London. A whole...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Housing shock in Ireland - new inequalities, financialisation, and the right to a home
Slides from NERI Seminar on 'Housing shock in Ireland - new inequalities, financialisation, and the right to a home' presented by Dr Rory Hearne, Post Doctoral Researcher, Social Science Institute, NUI Maynooth on 11th April, 2018. Presentation at NERI Seminar by Dr Rory Hearne, NUI Maynooth from...
Time to start changing the game
The story goes that there was a slightly inebriated person found under the light of street lamp searching for something. When asked by a police officer about what was happening, the person replied ‘I’m looking for my house keys’. They both searched together but found nothing. When the police officer...