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International Comparisons of Taxation and Public Spending and GNP/GDP
— 30 May 2012In comparing the tax burden and the level of public spending between countries, the OECD and others usually scale individual country data by the size of that country’s economy. The size of the economy is normally measured using GDP-or the amount produced in the economy in a given year. For example, in 2009 Irish public…
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The Present System of Government Accounting is No Longer Fit for Purpose
— 4 May 2012Public Sector Reform: Need for a Modern System of Public Accounting We have the most crude accounting tools. It’s tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn’t tell us the things that we need to know. Susan George, American Activist. The present system of Government accounting has long been seen as no longer fit…
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Fiscal Devaluation
— 19 Apr 2012During the boom years the competitiveness of the Irish economy deteriorated. Recovery depends on the restoration of our competitive position. When an economy becomes uncompetitive, a standard way of addressing the problem is to devalue the currency. Ireland did this in 1986 and 1993. But as members of a currency union this option is no…
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