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Interrogating God, the Central Banking Version
Today at the banking enquiry in the Irish parliament parliamentarians will get a unique opportunity, to interview and interrogate God. I say God, but whom I really mean is Patrick Honohan.
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From Prosperity to Austerity (and maybe back?) – New Book
Its not just finance – this book looks at the socio-cultural aspects of the crash. Should be a fun event to launch a good and timely book
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Dublin Behavioral and Experimental Finance Colloquium 2014
Dublin Behavioral and Experimental Finance Colloquium You are cordially invited to the first Dublin Behavioral and Experimental Finance Colloquium. Theme: Behavioral and Experimental Finance – Theory into Practice “ Time and Place: Trinity College Dublin, Institute for International Integration Studies, Sutherland Center, Arts Building, Saturday 6 December 2014 0900-1800 Publication: Papers accepted for presentation at the…
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The Future of Third Level Education in Ireland – 5. Innovation
Excellent post by Greg Foley on the growth of administrators in university commercialisation “But the problem with this spend on administration is that vital resources are being sucked out of what is essentially an education budget and diverted into what is essentially a job/product creation budget. Perhaps this will turn out to be a good…
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Institutional affiliations of INFINITI submissions
Each year I chair the INFINITI conference on International Finance. We are now in the throes of paper selection. Below is a count of the institutional affiliations of papers sent in to date. Note the absence of some major Irish universities… Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow AfDB Aix-Marseille School of Economics Aix-Marseille University…
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The Independent Learning Scam
This is an excellent post from Greg. The key for me is this sentence “Personally I am happy to be evaluated on my teaching but only by people who have shown the required level of commitment.”
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Does An Irish Solution loom for European Banks (one way or the other) ?
This is a version of my column in the Irish Examiner of 25 Jan 2014 .Europe’s banks are broken. Very broken. We have always suspected that, but recent evidence in indications suggest that nearly six after the crisis first began to manifest itself seriously they are still grossly impaired. The drive towards meaningful banking union…
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Meltdowns and poor governance as Performance Art in Limerick
Iv been following the City of Culture debacle with some interest over the period. For those who havent, the CEO of the city was appointed without an open competition, and the Artistic Director and crew have now resigned citing inability to work with the same Patricia Ryan. The City and County Manager is at odds…
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My blogging year 2013 – Part 1
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 150,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 6 days for that many people to see…