Comments on: Menus, NIMBYs and a maximum wage: Reactions to An Bord Snip Nua http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/07/20/menus-nimbys-and-a-maximum-wage-reactions-to-an-bord-snip-nua/ Irish Economy | World Economy | Property Market | Economic Analysis | Ronan Lyons Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:32:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Irish people no better off now than during Black Death, and other stories | Ronan Lyons http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/07/20/menus-nimbys-and-a-maximum-wage-reactions-to-an-bord-snip-nua/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 Irish people no better off now than during Black Death, and other stories | Ronan Lyons Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:31:50 +0000 http://www.ronanlyons.com/?p=775#comment-1612 [...] year, Vincent Browne won this site’s inaugural “Worst Policy Suggestion of the Year” award, with his idea that all salaries should be capped at €100,000. This amazingly ill-thought idea [...] [...] year, Vincent Browne won this site’s inaugural “Worst Policy Suggestion of the Year” award, with his idea that all salaries should be capped at €100,000. This amazingly ill-thought idea [...]

]]> By: Ronan Lyons http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/07/20/menus-nimbys-and-a-maximum-wage-reactions-to-an-bord-snip-nua/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Ronan Lyons Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:50:43 +0000 http://www.ronanlyons.com/?p=775#comment-813 Donal, very fair question. No evidence that I could find, although the response to my income tax quiz suggests it may be easier to collect info on these kinds of perceptions than I had thought. R Donal, very fair question. No evidence that I could find, although the response to my income tax quiz suggests it may be easier to collect info on these kinds of perceptions than I had thought.
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]]> By: Donal O'Brolchain http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/07/20/menus-nimbys-and-a-maximum-wage-reactions-to-an-bord-snip-nua/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Donal O'Brolchain Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:36:03 +0000 http://www.ronanlyons.com/?p=775#comment-810 I admire the use of the images to summarise what may be the perceptions of those who have commented on ABSN. Do you have any empirical evidence for your left-hand pie-chart eg. survey results? Perhaps the question has been asked in the many opinion-poll surveys that take place, but the results have not been released. If the question has not been asked, it is definitely one that should be commissioned. I admire the use of the images to summarise what may be the perceptions of those who have commented on ABSN.
Do you have any empirical evidence for your left-hand pie-chart eg. survey results?
Perhaps the question has been asked in the many opinion-poll surveys that take place, but the results have not been released.
If the question has not been asked, it is definitely one that should be commissioned.

]]> By: kevin denny http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/07/20/menus-nimbys-and-a-maximum-wage-reactions-to-an-bord-snip-nua/comment-page-1/#comment-748 kevin denny Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:45:09 +0000 http://www.ronanlyons.com/?p=775#comment-748 For another example of V Browne's fiscal insight see his column in the IT today (22/July). He somehow thinks that people not buying new cars is an alternative to the government implementing the ABSN report. Go figure! The sheer stupidity of some people is hard to fathom. For another example of V Browne’s fiscal insight see his column in the IT today (22/July). He somehow thinks that people not buying new cars is an alternative to the government implementing the ABSN report. Go figure! The sheer stupidity of some people is hard to fathom.

]]> By: Ciaran Daly http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/07/20/menus-nimbys-and-a-maximum-wage-reactions-to-an-bord-snip-nua/comment-page-1/#comment-729 Ciaran Daly Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:28:12 +0000 http://www.ronanlyons.com/?p=775#comment-729 Good post as usual, 1. Your pie chart shows the pie on the left accounting for social spending, this sort of implies a lot of this spending is for direct social provision when we know a lot of it is actually for the public sector wage bill. 2. Most of the cuts mentioned in the report such as staff cuts cannot deliver savings quickly even if redundancies happen tomorrow, therefore surely much bigger cuts are going to occur to wage rates and social welfare in the autumn than people realise, which is a good thing. Good post as usual,

1. Your pie chart shows the pie on the left accounting for social spending, this sort of implies a lot of this spending is for direct social provision when we know a lot of it is actually for the public sector wage bill.

2. Most of the cuts mentioned in the report such as staff cuts cannot deliver savings quickly even if redundancies happen tomorrow, therefore surely much bigger cuts are going to occur to wage rates and social welfare in the autumn than people realise, which is a good thing.

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