Tax and Welfare: Building Better Systems in the Context of Looming Megatrends and Rising Challenges
In this NERI Long-Read Series no. 8, NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell briefly assess the short-and-long-term fiscal policy challenges for the Republic of Ireland within the context of certain assumed economic and social goals.
Building a unitary housing market - Proposals to end Ireland's housing woes
In this NERI Long-Read Series no 7, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly and co-author Michael Taft, SIPTU researcher (@notesonthefront) argue that Irish housing policy should be redirected from subsidising an inefficient system towards building a unitary model, with a new universally available cost...
Decent Living Standards for All: The case for the minimum income guarantee
In this NERI Long Read Dr Lisa Wilson takes a look at how Governments in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland could provide decent living standards through the provision of a minimum income guarantee for all.
Collective Bargaining - Trade unions, economic performance & inequality
In this NERI long-read, Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director discusses the impact of trade unions and collective bargaining on economic outcomes such as employment, productivity and inequality. He takes a look at some of the conceptual linkages between collective bargaining and these economic outcomes...
Covid-19 and the Future of Social Welfare
In this NERI Long Read Series, Paul Mac Flynn, NERI Co-director explore what the Covid-19 policy response should teach us about our approach to unemployment in the future. It has important lessons for how we will go about tackling the climate crisis.
Universal Basic Services - Debating UBS & the policy alternatives
In this NERI long-read, Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director discusses some of the main issues pertaining to the medium-term potential for expanded provision of universal basic services (UBS) in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Where do we go from here? Principles for the 2020s economy. A playbook
In this NERI long-read, Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director looks beyond the current crisis to discuss some of the principles that should guide economic policy into the 2020's, whether in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, or further afield.
Investing in a Just Transition. Realising the potential of a low-carbon economy
NERI’s first Long read focuses on the need for state intervention and investment to drive the transition to a low-carbon economy with a worker and regional focus.