While the welfare state does a good job of lifting the incomes of those without work, the provision of affordable housing and childcare is crucial to help younger workers and families

Rates of income inequality in Ireland were at their lowest recorded level just before the pandemic hit

There has been an excessive attraction to locate in Ireland coming from tax arbitrage, according to Larry Summers

The crisis left nearly a third of 20-24-year-olds unemployed and not in education or training, according to the ERSI

Many economists are raising alarm bells in the US over how high prices will go and for how long, but companies themselves are taking a more sanguine view

Figures released by the Central Bank indicate gross household savings increased to €7.4 billion in the last three months of the year

This country risks making a fool of itself by using moral reasoning and principles of fairness to advance its own economic interests

We can’t afford to be fatalistic as the OECD negotiations unfold. There are plenty of reasons to hope we won’t end up €2 billion out of pocket

The increasingly unequal distribution of wealth and property ownership is helping to remould class politics in this country

If we’re going to use public funds to get people spending more money when the economy fully reopens, let’s make it easy for them to do so

There was little to be cheerful about in the latest Stability Programme Update with changes to the corporate tax regime on the horizon as the pandemic continues to hit

Recent indicators have pointed to a strong rebound but if governments and central banks start to worry that generous fiscal conditions are unwarranted, they could start to tighten the screws

The US president’s $5.7 trillion social democratic vision, covering everything from infrastructure to jobs to corporate tax reform, is so ambitious it makes most European leaders look like centrists

Tánaiste tells Fine Gael TDs that the government needs to borrow more money to pay for further extensions to the pandemic supports

The Central Bank warned that the extension of public health measures into the second half of 2021 could mean dramatically reduced growth next year

The employer’s group has noted the devastating impact of the pandemic and has cuts its growth forcast as a result, but it also believes Ireland is well-placed to recover if the vaccine rollout is successful

The robust health of the many multinationals based here means that Ireland’s GDP does not necessarily reflect the true economic health of the average Irish household. Is there a better way – or do we benefit more by keeping things as they are?

It’s the Double Irish that defines us in the eyes of the world, and this can have unintended consequences

The ECB responded to the last global recession by embarking on an austerity binge, but things are different this time

A lack of any serious engagement with the economic consequences of Brexit means that further crises and flashpoints are inevitable