Irish economy shrinks....but is up double digits. Keir Starmer: MIA. All the latest data.

Economic growth: it's more mysterious, more fragile and more unusual than you can possibly imagine

AI is everywhere apart from the data. Trump crowns himself and dumps on Americans.

Will boredom rather than Trump scupper Ireland's success? Latest data. House prices again.

China is winning. The next industrial revolution will be just like first: based on cheap energy.

Why the next bust is going to be particularly nasty. What would a business-friendly budget look like?

Budget 2026. And a bit on current market madness

France is broken. Britain is broken. Ireland is not. So stop trying to fix it

The evils of social media & the internet's 'enshittification'. The great AI Bubble: when will it burst?

Dishonest tax policy on both sides of the Irish sea. Green is good economics.

Digital ID: coming soon to a country near you. Immigration & the economy.

Economic resilience - don't take it for granted. Just ask Argentina

Budgets loom in Ireland & the UK. The fiscal contrast grows ever more stark.

The UK love bombs Trump. Markets go all in on AI

Don't mention the war. Is it possible to be optimistic? Sincere and performative beliefs

Have the limits of democracy been reached? France suggests yes. But all the alternatives are still much worse.

Is Trump rewriting the rules of economics? Should Taiwan give up now?

Raising a flag to mark the demise of Western civilisation. Buying gold and selling...everything?

The UK Chancellor damages the economy, the Prime Minister-in-waiting sullies the country

Ireland is one of the richest, most equal societies on earth. Go figure.