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March 6th, 2012

Let's say it out loud: Ireland is a tax haven

Recently Enda Kenny spoke at Harvard. His message was simple: we've gone through hard times, we've suffered, and we are […]

March 6th, 2012

EC4018 Guest Lecture tomorrow at 12 in KBG12

Slides for the guest lecture are here.

February 25th, 2012

What have central bankers learned from modern macroeconomic theory?

Here's a cool new paper from Brown's Peter Howitt, EC6012 students, be sure to take a look at this.

February 18th, 2012

Does the world need another feckin’ masters in economics?

UL’s economics department has had one Masters programme for more than a decade—the hugely successful Masters in Tourism. We haven’t […]

February 16th, 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure Reform

Today Profs Karl Whelan and Brian Lucey and my less than professorial self spoke at an Oireachtas Committee meeting about […]

February 16th, 2012

Recapitalising European Banks.

Here's a piece Vincent O'Sullivan and I wrote on recapitalising European Banks for Financial Regulation International. It's pay gated, sadly.

February 14th, 2012

The past is a foreign country -- but Europe is closer than that

Here's a piece I wrote for the Sunday Independent this week on Europe and our place in it.

February 8th, 2012

Contrarian, indeed.

Big balls on Mike. Good luck to him, he’s put other people’s money where our mouths are. But with an […]

February 1st, 2012

Does the current account matter?

Maurice Obstfeld's Ely lecture at the AEA this year looks at the changes in current account positions across the globe, […]

January 31st, 2012

Slides from Irish Economy Conference

Slides from Irish Economy Conference Are here, including the audio of each session. There will be video to follow.

January 25th, 2012

Updated Irish Economy Conference Programme

..is here. The line up is beefed up, and directions to and from the venue are provided. EC6012 students, please […]

January 20th, 2012

Bloody wordpress.

I upgraded my wordpress installation and, as has happened every.single.time I've stupidly pushed the upgrade button, the 'upgrade' broke my […]

January 17th, 2012

Upcoming talks.

I've said 'yes' to a lot of stuff this semester. I'm giving a few talks to local schools and one […]

January 15th, 2012

Update to the Crisis Conference

Demand for the Crisis Conference has been overwhelming, so we have moved the location and upgraded the speaking roster. Please […]

January 8th, 2012

New Module Pages

I'm teaching two modules this semester, the module pages are here: EC4024, Financial Economics EC6012, International Monetary Economics

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