I dreamed up the phrase ‘holistic budget’ several years ago, but was careful to avoid claiming that I coined it. In any event it’s nice to see that this website comes up first if I put the phrase into Google. You may have a different result. Anyway, the second on my result is an article [...]
28 leading economists, social scientists and economic analysts set out an alternative course which could well provide the basis for a new political manifesto. (published in The Irish Times, Mon, Mar 08, 2010) In this open letter, 28 leading economists, social scientists and economic analysts tell the Government that it’s policies for dealing with the [...]
This is Al Gore’s speech exhorting Americans to change to a carbon-free economy in ten years. The United States is a very large country. Ireland is a small one. If the United States can do it in ten years, we can do it in five. Al Gore’s speech apologies, I’ve had to remove the actual [...]
Re the dreary turf war between Luas and Irish Rail over Broadstone, which according to today’s Irish Times Luas and the RPA have won (sub. required), what a pity there isn’t the imagination in Dublin that the Brazilian city of Curtiba was fortunate enough to have in the person of Jaime Lerner. With maverick flair [...]