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MOODYS RATING AGENCY REVEALS ITS SOURCE ON IRELAND

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Death of a Tiger on Jul 14th, 2011 No Comments »


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Upholders of The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Comedy, Irish Middle Class on May 31st, 2011 2 Comments »

And then I remembered Carlo Cipolla’s brilliant essay on The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (Allegro ma non troppo pub. Critica 1992) which identified the third (and golden) basic law, which states: A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain […]

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Waste Not Want Not, And What Not

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Bastards, Banks on May 20th, 2011 1 Comment »

This is a post I wrote last Friday, but didn’t finish. I had meant to get back to it, but there seemed to be so much that needed to be covered and it was about a topic, despite queeny bitching about the place, that was very much in the news, so events dear boy, blah […]

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This is Not a Rorschach Test

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Banks, Government on May 20th, 2011 1 Comment »

When I first saw this image I found myself overcome with anger. The blog post in which it appeared made an argument which went beyond the rather dry academic discourse that usually accompanies economic analysis and the associated policy suggestions. Of course, the opacity of the language that economic arguments are couched in is designed […]

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THE MIRACLE OF THE FIVE LOANS AND TWO DERIVATIVES

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, EU, Banks, Ireland on May 19th, 2011 No Comments »


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IRISH CENTRAL BANK TO ISSUE COMMEMORATIVE QUEEN EURO

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, satire, Ireland on May 16th, 2011 8 Comments »

The Central Bank of Ireland has gained permission to issue a one euro coin with the Queen’s head on it as part of the celebrations surrounding the official visit which begins tomorrow.
The European Central Bank gave the go-ahead last week, adding that such a move would have a positive effect on Ireland’s bond market ratings.
‘We […]

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WE KEEP SILENT; OUR BONES WASTE AWAY

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Banks, Labour, Fine Gael on May 11th, 2011 No Comments »

Let me be absolutely clear on this issue: our 12.5% rate of corporation tax is here to stay.” (Michael Noonan, Minister for Finance, 10 May 2011)

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HOW TO OPEN A NON-RESIDENT BANK ACCOUNT IN BELGIUM

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Banks on Apr 29th, 2011 18 Comments »

In Ireland, there has been a “silent bank run” on financial institutions for much of the last year. In February, for instance, Irish private sector deposits dropped at an annual rate of 9.8 percent. That’s largely because some depositors doubt the commitment of the Irish government to the euro. They fear that they will wake […]

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IRISH JUNK

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Banks on Apr 18th, 2011 No Comments »


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“For those not yet properly acquainted with this man’s compendious oeuvre, a riveting encyclopedia of human frailty awaits your exploration”*

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Bastards, Banks on Mar 31st, 2011 6 Comments »

Yesterday evening I went to our CD rack just after dinner, and in act that is completely out of the normal rhythm of that part of the day (which usually involves ushering our kids to bed after dinner, corralling them up the stairs, marshalling them in to the bathroom to brush their teeth, and so […]

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