The Recession Diaries - Another Week of Gloomy Conservatism

national | miscellaneous | other press Monday July 28, 2008 15:41 by Recession Diaries

Can it get anymore fun? The Right is turning the screws at every scrap of economic information coming out, ignoring the fact that it is their policies that have landed us in this mess. So the Recession Diaries continues – with comments, critiques and a few proposals.

This week’s diary considers the following:

The National Competitiveness Council misses the point • The Sunday Tribune’s trouble with the facts • Davy Stockbrokers put us in a worse mood • Fight the recession – join a union • Hanafin’s hammer • Impoverishing the middle strata • Public sector gives efficiency lessons to the private sector • ISME calls for abolition of rain • The Bible and Mrs. Robinson • The Irish Times battles with fractions