Bill Mitchell – Governments should do everything possible to avoid recessions – yet they don’t

“Even if Russia’s losses were higher, several hundred Ukrainian soldiers were killed on the toughest days of the battle, according to soldiers’ accounts. They said some battalions, usually numbering between 400 to 1,000 soldiers, were […]

Ireland has made itself look ridiculous. Official figures showed the Irish economy grew by an unbelievable 26pc in 2016 – more than three times faster than first thought. This was quickly dismissed by economists as “farcical”. […]

Representatives of more than 16 professions including doctors and lawyers have joined strike action to defend their self-funded pension schemes which they say the government’s pension reforms ignore. Read here