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Higher pay, lower income: the National Living Wage and benefit cuts

The introduction of a “National Living Wage (NLW)” at the beginning of this month marks…

Donald HirschApril 19, 2016

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Tinkering with how we measure child poverty won’t help end it

There has been no real change in the proportion of children living in poverty in…

Jonathan BradshawJuly 1, 2015

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Is innovation faltering – or is GDP?

In a recent New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman raises the spectre of a…

Andrew WhitbyJune 23, 2015

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Understanding the outflow of money from Ireland

An age old debate in economics is which gives you a better idea of overall…

Michael MernaghAugust 1, 2013

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Income inequality in Ireland from 1922 to 2009

I read and watched with interest the Beveridge Lecture given by Professor Danny Dorling at…

Michael MernaghFebruary 20, 2013

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The Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill and its historical precedent

I paid close attention to the debate in the House of Commons yesterday when the…

Andrew McCullochJanuary 9, 2013