This post outlines the content of a video discussion between myself and Karl Deeter. Topics included everything from property tax to how to price services like water and roads. Karl and I nail our colours to the mast by making specific predictions about population, unemployment and output per capita in Ireland in 2020 and we wrap up with a VoxPop in Dublin on Ireland’s economic future. Read more
A quick overview of Sections 1 and 3 of the IMF report on Ireland, which look at economic competitiveness, prices and wages, and taxes and public expenditure. Read more
With talk of an imminent property tax, people are trying to make the case that ‘Ireland is different’ – it’s possible elsewhere but not here. This post outlines some of the most common difficulties people raise, and how to overcome them. Read more
S&P has downgraded Ireland’s debt rating – again – while latest Government figures show that Ireland faces a €12bn hole in its tax revenues this year, compared to 2007. This post outlines where the hole has come from and how it can be tackled. This will require an open debate, though, which will involve sacred cows such as Ireland’s corporate tax rate and a property tax. Read more