My talk for last weekend's Levy Institute Conference on Growth and Austerity is here. The full range of papers and […]

We're back to a system that doesn't encourage conservation Water meters as e-voting machines. Really. Also, this is my last […]

The point of the bank inquiry is not public blood letting - it's to avoid another crisis Analysis without implementation […]

If we can't solve long-running problems, maybe we need a Minister for the Future Not as stupid as it sounds, […]

Letters make it easy to paint ECB as the bad guy, but our crisis was homemade Big baddies don't do […]

One way or another, we need to invest in our water system before pipes rot in the ground Water provision […]

Just a quick reminder that this week's lectures are online already, I'm travelling tomorrow and Friday and so you don't […]

Water charges make sense, the Government has just done a bad job convincing us It is important to examine the […]

Irish Water tells us we are consumers - and we know we are being sold a pup Irish Water should […]

My slides are here. Readings: Buttiglione et al, Deleveraging? What Deleveraging? Mazzolini and Mody, Austerity Tales: the Netherlands and Italy. […]

Here's my talk on finance and economics training at today's Cleraun Media conference. Many thanks to the organisers for the […]

My head talking on Skype to Russia today here.

This conference is something I'm really excited to be a part of, it contributes to the education of Europe's best […]

Noonan unveils a document of innovative planning, laced with some old-fashioned vote-buying. Nice budget, shame about the politics.

Noonan gears up to 'do a McCreevy' - and prove that we've learned nothing at all Some people will be […]