My first Irish Debate will go ahead on Tuesday, June 8th, at 10am. All are welcome to log in and discuss this issue. Let’s focus in this first debate on the role of economists in Irish public life. They are frowned upon, looked up to, looked down upon, cited, feted, ignored, championed, embraced, and, occasionally, they get listened to. Does the economics profession deserve its position in Irish public life? Should economists with poor track records be listened to at all? What about economic analysis? Should there be more of it in Irish public life, or are economists just apologists for the mainstream?
Stephen Kinsella
Economist at the University of Limerick
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Sounds interesting - if it avoids a lot of the nonsense that the subject often attracts. Alas it will be 5am here so I won't be contributing.Good luck
Hi Kevin, yes, that's always the worry with these things, but as usual it's me mucking around with technology in the hopes of finding something interesting in there--it's a pity you can't make it, I'd really welcome your thoughts on this issue. Also apologies for not responding earlier--for some reason I'm not being notified of comments to the blog anymore by email.