Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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