Honohan criticises Government housing policy as 'reactive' and inflationary
Former Central Bank governor says help-to-buy scheme was poorly designed
Source: irishtimes.com
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Accurate data is key in 'quality of life' comparisons
Economics Correspondent Just before Christmas, the UN Human Development Index 2020 ranked Ireland joint second in the World across a range of indicators which measure quality of life, just below Norway. There was a minor kerfuffle on Twitter. Hurrah, shouted some. Bah, shouted others. Quality of life means many things to many people. Some aspects are measurable; some not. One aspect is prosperity. And normally, income is used to measure that. Economists can make a stab at guessing what that is. But not without a lot of disagreements and even more caveats. The International Comparison Programm...
Source: rte.ie
How prosperous is Ireland?
Economics Correspondent Just before Christmas, the UN Human Development Index 2020 ranked Ireland joint second in the World across a range of indicators which measure quality of life, just below Norway. There was a minor kerfuffle on Twitter. Hurrah, shouted some. Bah, shouted others. Quality of life means many things to many people. Some aspects are measurable; some not. One aspect is prosperity. And normally, income is used to measure that. Economists can make a stab at guessing what that is. But not without a lot of disagreements and even more caveats. The International Comparison Programm...
Source: rte.ie