Social Justice Ireland presents a viable policy framework that would secure both solidarity and sustainable recovery in the decade ahead.
The IMF has just published the 8th Review and Country Report on Ireland. The report outlines the substantial challenges facing Ireland in 2013. Growth projections for our trading partners have been revised down and domestic demand is expected to contract again in 2013. The IMF also notes that if growth projections for 2013 were to disappoint, any additional fiscal consolidation should be deferred to 2015 to protect the recovery.
What has austerity done for us?
The Great Recession of 2007-09 has led to a significant increase in public debt, in large part due to the collapse in tax revenues as incomes fell.
Both the academic and moral basis for ‘austerity’ have been discredited and its credibility has been undermined.
Social Justice Ireland's Policy Briefing-Programme for Solidarity and Sustainable Recovery 2013
This is an extraordinary story. The key academic study used to justify austerity in recent years in countries such as Ireland has been exposed as profoundly flawed.
"Ireland and the crisis - a Narrative" - this Occasional Paper was originally published in April 2013 as chapter 2 in Social Justice Ireland’s Socio-Economic Review 2013 entitled ‘What would real r
A new Caritas Europa study, reveals disturbing levels of poverty and deprivation in the five EU countries worst hit by the economic crisis; Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Legislation has been passed providing for the orderly wind‐up of IBRC through the appointment of Special Liquidators who will manage the process