Part 1: Is social mobility in Ireland falling and why does that matter?
Biological evolution gave humans a fairness instinct, and cultural evolution has promoted fairness above other competing values in the developed world because it critically enables complex cooperation, a crucial component for economic gain and rising living standards. Everyone has their own idea of which policies and ideas constitute “fairness” in a society and which are […]
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5 things we need more than a 10th consecutive year of tax giveaways
The Irish government has consistently revised upwards the tax thresholds as part of its annual budgets since 2014. This means that the amount of income you can earn before paying higher tax rates has increased each year since 2014. This happened initially under a Fine Gael majority government and now happens as part of their […]
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