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November 21st, 2008

What the F**K is Twitter?

A colleague asked me this this morning, and although there are quite a few UL people a-tweeting, not many of […]

November 21st, 2008

Advice for New Lecturers

Ben Kahn gives us his notes of a workshop he attended on becoming a better lecturer. A nice report, and […]

November 21st, 2008

How the Government Wrecked the Economy

Here's an interview with Peter Schiff, whom I blogged about already this week. It's fascinating stuff. A lot of what […]

November 21st, 2008

Economics for Business Lecture 19 Survey

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November 20th, 2008

Text Questions in Today's Class

Here are some questions I didn't get to answering on the text message doo hickey.  1. For the online exam, […]

November 20th, 2008

Economics for Business Lecture 19: Business Cycles and the Macroeconomy

The business cycle is a tricky concept. Economists have studied why economies experience large shifts in demand for good and […]

November 20th, 2008

Economics for Business Lecture 18 Survey

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November 19th, 2008

Bank Stocks Soar after Market Capitalisation Mooted

Following on from this article, as I argued on The Last Word last night, the question is not if, but […]

November 19th, 2008

Mathematica 7 Released

Mathematica 7 has just been released from Wolfram research today. I'm a huge fan and daily user of the technology […]

November 19th, 2008

Economics for Business Lecture 18: Markets and the Macroeconomy, Part 2

Last week we saw the first parts of a micro-founded macroeconomy. Following Barro, chapter 6, we defined four markets: the […]

November 18th, 2008

Daft.ie Report

I wrote this quarter's daft.ie report, full text is here. The main point of the report is that rents are […]

November 18th, 2008

Economics of EU Integration Sample Exam

Right click the link below to download the sample exam. There are only 5 short questions, and 2 longer ones […]

November 17th, 2008

Employment in Construction dropped 18% in one month

The figure below is taken from the latest construction employment index. The numbers point to a significant slow down in […]

November 17th, 2008

Right Hook

I'll be on The Right Hook today at 5pm if you're bored, ranting about this article and, I guess, Bank of Ireland's […]

November 17th, 2008

Economics of EU Integration Lecture 10: Political Economy of Enlargement

In this lecture, we will introduce students to the institutional, legal and political context of enlargement within the EU, and preview […]

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