Thanks EUFRA Director & UCD alumnus Michael O'Flaherty for a fascinating PhD Masterclass on 40+ yrs of HR Law. Law, politics, business, computer science and social policy students from 4 Dublin universities. @EURightsAgency@UCDCentreHRts@UCD_Research @UCDLawSchool @ucdpolitics
Thanks to @WhelanKarl for an insightful discussion on The ECB and the European Parliament -- An "Expert Panellist" View and to @ProfGBarrett for his thorough and reflective comments. Law and economics in concert. @UCDLawSchool @EconomicsUCD@UCD_Research@ucdpolitics
Great to have Adam Kelly & Iryna Kovalchuk from @TrustLit_UCD present their paper on Curriculum Change in Ukraine with @_conorgalvin & Joe Carthy. Four disciplines, one seminar. @UCD_Research
From research with @sbrazys_ucd where we estimate "phanthom" and "real" corporate taxes in Ireland.
40-50% of Ireland's corporate tax take (between $5-6 billion) could disappear under @JoeBiden's tax plan.
@gabriel_zucman#AmericanJobsPlan
The Biden stimulus makes the European one look puny. But let us also not forget that much of the US stimulus goes on an energy transition where the US had a yawning green gap with most European countries, except Poland. It's mostly catch up growth, then, not a revolution.
Delighted to see this in print.
New article with @DoroBohle in @pasupdates
The Comparative Political Economy of Growth Models:
Explaining the Continuity of FDI-led Growth in Ireland and Hungary.
https://t.co/uB1JglDTmS
#PoliticalScience#PoliticalEconomy
Electoral politics is just noise in a growth regime. To get to what matters look at the interactions and interests of dominant corporations within a country and its policymaking elites. Superb article from @DoroBohle and @Aidan_Regan Politics and Society https://t.co/Us9zOtUC8s
🇺🇸🏛 @LiamKenn Opinion: 'America is back’: The delusion of normalcy that haunts the United States
👉 https://t.co/41NvOwKpzJ
🗣 "The symbolism is strong, but it is less clear what is being restored."
Prof Liam Kennedy,
UCD Professor Of American Studies
“Spain’s central bank governor suggests that the ECB could explore “yield curve control”, (...) [the policy] would not just improve monetary policymaking. It would also give significant support to the EU’s policy objective of a banking union.” @MESandbu
https://t.co/6GcfLq674V
“Roosevelt, as Biden will, took office amid a deep economic crisis. So did Obama, whom Biden served as vice-president. Both predecessors acted to end the economic downturn. But only one fundamentally reshaped the way the US economy worked.” @MESandbu
https://t.co/pr4EOPFV6N
@JesLindqvist's "Separating Left from Right in Eastern Europe: Re-examining Attitudes Towards Inequality" is now available as working paper: https://t.co/jWg4Pwt7zI #RePEc via @stlouisfed
Surprise, surprise! Fiscal austerity causes political polarisation: "macro-level analysis of 166 elections since 1980 finds that austerity increases both electoral abstention and votes for non-mainstream parties", thereby boosting polarisation:
https://t.co/qS5xztEMsf
My new column for @socialeurope is now online. I argue that without major reforms of the Stability and Growth Pact public investment in the euro area will be suffocated in the post-COVID era. https://t.co/wcTeOGuNXn
“Facebook called the complaints 'revisionist history' and unfair. In reality, these lawsuits are fair, legal and much needed.” @RanaForoohar@FinancialTimes https://t.co/sbHQ9kBzRh